| Acknowledgments | |
| Introduction | |
| The Formation of Genius | |
| Yo, Picasso (1881-1897) | p. 3 |
| From Prodigy to Artist (1897-1900) | p. 10 |
| Paris, Here I Come! (1900-1901) | p. 17 |
| The Tragedy of Casagemas and the Blue Period (1901-1904) | p. 26 |
| Love at the Bateau-Lavoir (1904-1905) | p. 37 |
| To the Avant-Garde | |
| Decisive Encounters (1906-Early 1907) | p. 51 |
| Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907) | p. 65 |
| The Cordee with Braque (1907-1908) | p. 79 |
| The Invention of Cubism (1909-1911) | p. 93 |
| Eva or Liberty | |
| The Cubist Explosion (Summer 1911-1912) | p. 109 |
| The Revolution of Papiers Colles (Autumn 1912-Summer 1913) | p. 123 |
| Fulfillment (Autumn 1913-Summer 1914) | p. 133 |
| The War and Eva's Death (Summer 1914-1916) | p. 141 |
| Olga or Marriage | |
| Parade and Marriage (1916-1917) | p. 151 |
| Return to Order (1918-Early 1920) | p. 161 |
| Paternity and Classicism (1920-1923) | p. 172 |
| The Approach of Surrealism (1923-1924) | p. 181 |
| Crisis of Marriage (1924-1926) | p. 187 |
| Conjectures on Picasso's Philosophy at This Critical Juncture | p. 194 |
| Marie-Therese or The Secret | |
| The Metamorphoses (1927-1929) | p. 201 |
| Renewal of Surrealism (1929-1930) | p. 211 |
| Hymn to Marie-Therese (1931-1932) | p. 219 |
| A Marriage Ends (1933-1934) | p. 227 |
| The Birth of Maya (1935-1936) | p. 234 |
| Dora Maar or The War | |
| Spain at Heart (1936-1937) | p. 243 |
| From Guernica to Munich (1937-1938) | p. 249 |
| The War (1938-1940) | p. 257 |
| The Resistance (1940-1944) | p. 265 |
| Francoise and Commitment | |
| A New Departure (1944-1946) | p. 277 |
| Francoise (1946) | p. 288 |
| Between Socialist Realism and Abstract Art (1947-1951) | p. 295 |
| "A Detestable Season in Hell" (1951-1953) | p. 304 |
| Jacqueline and the Freedom of Old Age | |
| Questioning Everything (1953-1954) | p. 315 |
| Turning Point (1954-1956) | p. 322 |
| Again into the Unknown (1957-1958) | p. 332 |
| From Vauvenargues to Mougins by Way of Manet (1959-1962) | p. 341 |
| The Master of Mougins (1963-1965) | p. 348 |
| Bearing the Weight of Art (1966-1969) | p. 355 |
| A Picasso Finale (1969-1973) | p. 363 |
| Above and Beyond | p. 371 |
| Abbreviations Used in Source Notes | p. 378 |
| Source Notes | p. 381 |
| Appendix: The Exhibition at Vollard's and Its Consequences | p. 437 |
| Index of Names | p. 440 |
| Index of Works | p. 445 |
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