Solidarité

Publisher [Paul Eluard and G.L.M. (Guy Lévis Mano), Paris], 1938

Printer text: G.L.M., [Paris] etchings: Atelier 17, [Paris]

Author Paul Éluard (French, 1895-1952)

Date1938

Dimensionsportfolio: 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)

MediumOriginal prints: 6 etchings (including two with aquatint), 1 engraving with etching (Picasso) Text: letterpress Paper: Montval cream laid paper

ClassificationPrints

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number

1979.19B-H

Not on View

Label TextAndré 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.Published Referencescf. Johnson, Robert Flynn, Artists' Books in the Modern Era 1870--2000: The Reva and David Logan Collection of Illustrated Books, San Francisco, 2001, no. 112Exhibition HistoryBetween the Wars; Sept. 5 2008 through Dec.31 2008