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

Author Claude Roy (French, 1915-1997)

Date1954

DimensionsSlipcase: 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).

MediumOriginal 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.

ClassificationBooks

Credit LineGift of Molly and Walter Bareiss in honor of Barbara K. Sutherland

Object number

1984.907

Not on View

Label TextThis 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.Published Referencescf. Goeppert, Sebastian, et al., Pablo Picasso: The Illustrated Books, Catalogue raisonné, Geneva, 1983, no. 67.Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Picasso as an Illustrator, Jan. 23-May 29, 1988, no. 33.