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Picasso, Pablo
born 1881 in E - Malaga, died 1973 in F - Mougins
Salle Pleyel Paris
poster of the Congrès Mondial des Partisans de la Paix
1949 (april 20 - 23 )
original design
photolithograph on thin paper
60 cm x 40 cm
Print: Mourlot Paris
signs of age and wear; a horizontal crease below the image; restored tears at the edges and corners; the paper has yellowed;
in good condition considering its age and use (see additional pictures including a picture of the back)
added:
Salle Pleyel Paris, invitation card or announcement Congrès Mondial des Partisans de la Paix, 1949 ( 20. - 23. April )
photolithograph or offsetlithograp on strong paper, 9 cm x 13,5 cm, backside unprinted, good condition (see additional picture)
order no. 22431
Undoubted is what you can find at Mourlot, 1989, p.244: "The subject of this famous poster is identical with that of an original lithograph by Picasso which was photographically printed and has subsequently been reproduced in millions of copies throughout the world."
About Picasso, his 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.
Concerning the original poster's design compare Döring, 1998, p. 222 note 1
Catalogue raisonné:
Czwiklitzer, Christoph, Pablo Picasso. Plakate 1923-1973, Werkverzeichnis München 1981 (dtv), 68
Mourlot, Fernand: Twentieth Century Posters, New York 1989, pl.60
Döring, Jürgen: Künstlerplakate - Picasso. Warhol, Beuys..., exhibition cat. Hamburg, 1998, p.16 f.
Herlach, Katja: Für den Tag gedruckt - Picassos Gebrauchsgraphik - Sammlung Margadant, hg. von der Graphischen Sammlung der ETH Zürich, Zürich 2005, p.172
Schieder, Martin: Im Blick des Anderen, Die deutsch-französischen Kunstbeziehungen 1945-1959, Berlin 2005
See also our catalogue 'From Arp to Pollock': Art and exhibition posters in France and Germany 1945-1960, Köln 2016, p. 48 ff.
