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# Picasso Biographer Weighs In On Le Guennec Picassos
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/john-richardson-le-guennec-picasso/
- Published: 2010-12-10T21:28:51.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:03:01.000Z
- Description: John Richardson, the art historian who has written (and is still writing) the definitive Picasso biography, has published his thought on Vanity Fair's website on the recently discovered Picassos in the possession of Pierre Le Guennec, Picasso's electrician. He writes, "Picasso would never, in my opi
- Author: Hrag Vartanian
- Tags: Opinion, #image-position-hidden, John Richardson, Pablo Picasso, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-17 09:23 (2009-2011)

[John Richardson](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%5FRichardson%5F%28art%5Fhistorian%29?ref=hyperallergic.com), the art historian who has written (and is still writing) the definitive Picasso biography, has published his thought on *Vanity Fair*‘s [website](http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2010/12/picasso-201012?ref=hyperallergic.com) on the recently discovered Picassos in the possession of Pierre Le Guennec, Picasso’s electrician.

He writes, “Picasso would never, in my opinion, have given away these works — so relevant to his early development — not even to his wife.”