Picasso's Genius
To the Editors:
In these times of riots, exploding mountains and angry Iranians, we needed to see Picasso on the cover of TIME [May 26]. The extraordinarily beautiful painting and accompanying article on Picasso and his art provided a blissful, if temporary escape.
James Burnett
Dallas
Robert Hughes' article was cogent, incisive, powerful—a word portrait worthy of Picasso's Picassos.
Edie Brown Eisenberg
Woodmere, N. Y.
You say, "The sense of the cubist moment can never come again." Let's fervently hope you are right. That such a hoax has lasted so long is a tragedy for serious painting.
Ken Downs Sr.
Islip, N. Y.
Picasso painted women as...
