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Irascible: The Combative Life of Douglas Cooper, Collector and Friend of Picasso
Clark, Adrian and Richard Calvocoressi: Irascible: The Combative Life of Douglas Cooper, Collector and Friend of Picasso. New Haven: 2025. 592 pages, 300 colour illustrations. Hardback. 24x17cms. A monograph on art historian, collector, and critic Douglas Cooper. 22 chapters look at his family and upbringing, his accumulation of pieces by Picasso, Braque, Gris and Leger in the 1930s, work on the catalogue of the Courtauld Collection and the catalogue raisonne of Juan Gris, involvement with the first Cubist exhibitions, Cooper's directorship of the Mayor Gallery in London, relationships with artists Francis Bacon, Paul Nash, Henry Moore, Paul Klee, Joan Miro and Max Ernst, and Cooper's role tracking down Nazi-looted art in Switzerland.
A monograph on art historian, collector, and critic Douglas Cooper. 22 chapters look at his family and upbringing, his accumulation of pieces by Picasso, Braque, Gris and Leger in the 1930s, work on the catalogue of the Courtauld Collection and the catalogue raisonne of Juan Gris, involvement with the first Cubist exhibitions, Cooper's directorship of the Mayor Gallery in London, relationships with artists Francis Bacon, Paul Nash, Henry Moore, Paul Klee, Joan Miro and Max Ernst, and Cooper's role tracking down Nazi-looted art in Switzerland. Text in English
