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Picasso, Pablo
born 1881 in E - Malaga, died 1973 in F - Mougins
London
poster to Deuxième Congrès Mondial des Partisans de la Paix
1950
original design
photo-lithograph on thin paper
120 cm x 80 cm
edition of 5000 copies
horizontal middle fold and any slight vertical folds or creases, small restored paperlosses at the corners and borders, small restored tears, paper darkened, traces of use and age, but generally in good condition (see additional pictures)
order no. 22717
The on the poster announced world congress of peace was planned for London, took place for only one day in Sheffield and was then performed in Warsaw from 16th to 22nd of November.
Picasso belonged to the first having signed the "Appeal to the World Congress of the Defenders of Peace". In the World Peace Council he was member for Spain.
Concerning the relationship to the comunism and the choice of the dove as a peace symbol look at the chapter "Partisan für den Frieden und Maler der Taube" by Herlach, 2005, p.96 ff.and p.172 ff.
About the "Rezeption Picassos im geteilten Deutschland" look at Schieder, 2005, p.333 ff. and Friedrich, Julia (ed.): Picasso Shared and Divided. The Artist and His Image in East and West Germany, Cologne 2021
About the congress in Sheffield see the chapter "Der Weltfriedenskongress in Sheffield" in Morris, 2010, p.72 ff.
Concerning the original poster's design compare Döring, 1998, p. 222 note 1
catalogue raisonné:
Deutscher Friedensrat (ed.): Weltfriedensbewegung - Dokumente und Entschließungen. Berlin 1956
Czwiklitzer, Christoph, Werkverzeichnis der Picasso Plakate. Paris 1970, 62
Czwiklitzer, Christoph, Pablo Picasso. Plakate 1923-1973, Werkverzeichnis München 1981 (dtv), 72
Mourlot, Fernand: Twentieth Century Posters, New York 1989, Taf.62
Döring, Jürgen: Künstlerplakate - Picasso. Warhol, Beuys..., Ausst.- Kat. Hamburg 1998, S.16 f.
Herlach, Katja: Für den Tag gedruckt - Picassos Gebrauchsgraphik - Sammlung Margadant, hg. von der Graphischen Sammlung der ETH Zürich, Zürich 2005, S.173
Schieder, Martin: Im Blick des Anderen, Die deutsch-französischen Kunstbeziehungen 1945-1959, Berlin 2005
Morris, Lynda und Christoph Grunenberg: Picasso - Frieden und Freiheit, Ausstellungskat.Tate Liverpool / Albertina Wien / Louisiana Humlebaek 2010/11, Köln 2010, S.82 ff. und S.141
'From Arp to Pollock': Art and exhibition posters in France and Germany 1945-1960, Köln 2016, p. 48 ff.
