Solidarité
Artist: various
Author: Paul Éluard (French, 1895-1952)
Date: 1938
Dimensions:
portfolio: 9 x 6 3/4 in. (228 x 171mm)
page: 8 7/8 x 6 3/8 in. (225 x 162mm)
sheet: 8 x 6 1/4 in. (203 x 158mm)
Medium: Original prints: 6 etchings (including two with aquatint), 1 engraving with etching (Picasso)
Text: letterpress
Paper: Montval cream laid paper
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Museum Purchase
Object number: 1979.19B-H
Label Text:André Masson had lived in Spain from 1934 through the beginning months of the Spanish Civil War. Like many Surrealists, he was virulently anti-Fascist and anti-Franco. In 1938, he contributed to this album to raise money for the orphans of the Spanish Civil War. His etching vividly captures the idea of civil war in this image of a dove blinding itself with its own claw. By appending a sharpened swastika to the attacking claw, Masson reminds us of the crucial support of Nazi Germany to Franco's insurrection.
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