CONVINCING PICAsso Hartmann and team engaged a network of friends n the art world to assist with the difficult task of approaching Picasso. After writing, they flew to the French Riviera in search of the reclusive, 85-year- old artist. Though the idea of monumental sculpture had long interested picasso, no commitments were made. was only through Hartmann's continued effort photographs of construction at the Civic Center gifts of American artifacts, and personal visits that the artist finally agreed. The two would become fast friends