This publication and the accompanying exhibition are the first to reunite major works from Picassos studio in Fontainebleau France in over 100 years. Between July and September of 1921 in a rented villa in the town of Fontainebleau France Pablo Picasso created an astonishingly varied body of work. Published to accompany an exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art New York that reunites these works for the first time since they left the artists studio Picasso in Fontainebleau presents both monumental versions of Three Musicians and Three Women at the Spring alongside other major works on canvas small preparatory paintings line drawings etchings and pastels he created in Fontainebleau. Encompassing both Cubist and classic academic styles these works are complemented by neverbeforeseen photographs and archival documents. An introductory essay by curator Anne Umland examines the critical issues that distinguish Picassos Fontainebleau oeuvre and is followed by 15 short essays coauthored by curators and conservators that offer art historical analysis of groups of closely related works and objectbased insights into materials structures and processes. By investigating Picassos decision to paint simultaneously in seemingly opposite styles Picasso in Fontainebleau emphasizes the interconnectedness of his process and practice and his ability to disrupt expectations of artistic evolution and stylistic consistency.