Nelson Rockefeller's Picassos: Tapestries Commissioned for Kykuit

Official catalogue for “Nelson Rockefeller’s Picassos: Tapestries Commissioned for Kykuit" The publication explores the innovative and historic collaboration between one of the twentieth century’s greatest art patrons and one of its most influential artists. Between 1955 and 1975, New York Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller commissioned or acquired nineteen tapestries adapted from iconic paintings by Pablo Picasso. Cynthia Bronson Altman details the history behind these tapestries in complimentary essays using the Rockefeller archives.