* This catalog includes a careful and beautiful selection of sculptures that Picasso produced throughout his extensive artistic career. * Matter and Body covers the almost infinite plurality of styles used by the artist to represent human body forms, deconstructing it through different formats and genres. * Written by renowned experts as the curator Carmen Gimenez, Diana Widmaier Picasso, French art historian specialized in modern art and the maternal granddaughter of Pablo Picasso, and Pepe Karmel, Professor of Art History at New York University. * The book celebrates the 50th anniversary of the death of a great genius and revolutionary artist. * Includes photographs taken by his contemporary photographer Brassai. * A great monograph published on occasion of the exhibition at the Guggenhiem Museum in Bilbao and Museo Picasso in Malaga.