Making Modernism: Picasso and the Creation of the Market for Twentieth-Century Art

Making Modernism: Picasso and the Creation of the Market for Twentieth-Century Art by FitzGerald, Michæl C.. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780520206533.

Artists dont achieve financial success and critical acclaim during their lifetimes as a result of chance or luck. Michael FitzGeralds assiduously researched book documents Picassos courting of dealers, critics, collectors, and curators as he established his reputation during the first forty years of the twentieth century. FitzGerald describes the care, patience, and resourcefulness invested by Paul Rosenberg, Picassos dealer and close collaborator from 1918 to 1940, in building the financial value and public acceptance of Picassos art. The book is based on and quotes generously from previously unpublished correspondence between Picasso and dealers, collectors, and museum curators.