Picasso and the Chess Player: Pablo Picasso, Marcel Duchamp, and the Battle for the Soul of Modern Art
- ISBN-10
- 1611683491
- ISBN-13
- 9781611683493
- Category
- Art
- Pages
- 357
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013
- Publisher
- UPNE
- Author
- Larry Witham
Description
The dramatic story of art in the twentieth century
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