Throughworksofart,photographs,andwritings,thisvolumeexploresPicasso'sfascinationwithtribalartandtheinfluencesherepeatedlydrewuponforhisownoeuvre."Africanart?Idon'tknowit."Withthisprovocativetone,PicassotriedtodenyhisrelationshipwithartfromoutsideofEurope.However,throughhundredsofarchivaldocumentsandphotographs,thisvolumeillustrateshowtribalartfromAfrica,Oceania,theAmericas,andAsiawasarecurringsourceofinspirationfortheartist.Side-by-sidecomparisonsillustratethelinksbetweenPicasso'soeuvreanddiversetribalarts.Inboth,wefindthesamethemes--nudity,sexuality,impulses,death,andmore--alongwithparallelartisticexpressionsofthosethemes--suchasdisfigurationordestructionofthebody.Thevolumeiscompletedwithachronologyoftherelevantworksandphotographsoftheartistinhisstudio.