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HenriMatisse,PabloPicasso,JoanMiroandAndyWarholeachsignificantlyshapedthedevelopmentofartinthetwentiethcentury.TheseModernmastersarethesubjectsoffoursmallbooks,thefirstvolumesinaseriesfeaturingimportantartistsinthecollectionofTheMuseumofModernArt.Eachbookpresentsasingleartistandguidesreadersthroughadozenofhismostmemorableachievements.Worksarereproducedincolorandaccompaniedbyinformativeandaccessibleshortessaysthatprovidebackgroundontheartworksandontheartisthimself,illuminatingtechnique,style,subjectmatterandsignificance.WrittenbyCarolynLanchner,formerCuratorofPaintingandSculptureattheMuseum,thesebooksareexcellentresourcesforreadersinterestedinthestoriesbehindmasterpiecesoftheModerncanonandforthosewhowishtounderstandthecontributionsofindividualartiststothehistoryofModernart.ThisvolumefocusesonPicasso.