War and Peace (Le guerre et la paix)

Artist: Pablo Picasso (Spanish (active France), 1881-1973)

Publisher: Éditions cercle d'art, Paris, 1954

Printer: text and reproductions: L'Imprimerie Union, Paris; lithograph: Mourlot Frères, Paris

Binder: Péghaire

Author: Claude Roy (French, 1915-1997)

Date: 1954

Dimensions:

Slipcase: H: 16 in. (407 mm); W: 12 in. (305 mm); Depth: 2 13/16 in. (71 mm).

Sheet (untrimmed and varied): H: 14 in. (355.6 mm).

Chemise: H: 15 3/8 in. (391 mm); W: 11 15/16 in. (303 mm); Depth: 2 5/16 in. (58 mm).

Book: H: 15 3/8 in. (391 mm); W: 11 1/2 in. (292 mm); Depth: 1 5/8 in. (42 mm).

Page (untrimmed and varied): H: 15 3/16 in. (385 mm); W: 10 3/4 in. (273 mm).

Medium: Original print: transfer lithograph. Reproductions: photolithographs in black of drawings with color tone blocks (in texte), plus 6 photolithographs in colors of paintings (hors texte); in addition, 2 photolithographs of paintings in black are folded and laid in. Text: letterpess in black with rust. Paper: Arches cream wove, watermarked.

Classification: Books

Credit Line: Gift of Molly and Walter Bareiss in honor of Barbara K. Sutherland

Object number: 1984.907

Label Text:This book contains numerous reproductions of drawings and studies on the theme of war and peace. Most of them were preparatory designs or ideas for two murals La guerre el la paix Picasso painted prior to 1954 for the chapel at Vallauris. This document of Picasso's use of his art to denounce war harkens back to his atistic protests of the 1930s, most notably Guernica and Dreams and Lies of Franco. Each deluxe copy of this book was issued with a lithograph depicting a victorious warrior (whose shield is decorated with the dove of peace) brandishing his sword over a cowering minotaur.

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