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JohnRichardsondrawsonthesamecombinationoflivelywriting,criticalastuteness,exhaustiveresearch,andpersonalexperiencewhichmadeabestselleroutofthefirstvolumeandvividlyrecreatestheartist'slifeandworkduringthecrucialdecadeof1907-17-aperiodduringwhichPabloPicassoandGeorgesBraqueinventedCubismandtothatextentengenderedmodernism.Richardsonhashaduniqueaccesstountappedsourcesandunpublishedmaterial.Byharnessingbiographytoarthistory,hehasmanagedtocrackthecodeofcubismmoresuccessfullythananyofhispredecessors.Andbybringingafreshlighttobearontheartist'softentoosensationalisedprivatelife,hehassucceededincomingupwithatotallynewviewofthisparadoxicalmanofhisparadoxicalwork.NeverbeforehasPicasso'sprodigioustechnique,hisincisivevisionandnotleasthissardonichumourbeenanalysedwithsuchclarity.