Paper pictures
PICASSO loved paper and he never threw a scrap of it away, firmly believing that ‘one is what one keeps’.
A visit to the massive archives of the Musée Picasso in a suburb of Paris, from which about 80% of the loans to this exhibition came, reveals exactly how extensive his paper collection was. Not only did he keep thousands of sketches and graphic works, he also hoarded all manner of paper ephemera, including bus tickets, letters, newsprint, pieces of wallpaper and
