"Published on the occasion of the exhibition Picasso in Paris, 1900-1907: Eating Fire, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, 18 February-29 May 2011; Devorar París: Picasso, 1900-1907, Museu Picasso, Barcelona, 30 June-15 October 2011"--T.p. verso.
Original English edition published: Brussels : Mercatorfonds, c2011.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Picasso's discovery of Paris / Marilyn McCully -- The 1901 Vollard show / The reputation of Vincent van Gogh in Paris around 1900 / Nienke Bakker -- French origins of the Blue Period / Picasso symboliste / La vie de bohème / 'All fields of knowledge' : Picasso's art and the intellectual environment of his early years in Paris / Peter Read -- The widening of Picasso's circle / Eating fire / Marilyn McCully