Pablo Picasso: Fluctuant Identities (1900-1906) (hardcover)

"This book describes Picasso's relationship with many of the people who had an impact on his work as he transferred from his native Spain to his permanent residence in France and examines how those individuals might have altered the artist's own identity in this period of discovery."

"...Pablo Ruiz Picasso (1881-1973) was an artist with an astonishing range of styles. His career has been divided into numerous periods, often featuring a wide range of techniques simultaneously, under the influence of multiple artists. As Rubin has indicated, Picasso 'casts the very concept of identity into doubt; it is no longer fixed, but mutable. Caught in the flux of the artist's passion for metamorphosis, the images and identities of his real-life subjects continuously dissolve and reform.' This book explores kinds of 'projections' whereby Picasso defined himself through specific artists, dealers, friends, lovers, etc." -Enrique Mallen