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Dream and Lie of Franco II: January 9, 1937

1937
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(Spanish, 1881–1973)
(French, 1892–1966)
Spain, 20th century
etching, sugar-lift aquatint, and chine collé on wove paper
Image: 30.5 x 41.5 cm (12 x 16 5/16 in.); Plate: 31.6 x 42.1 cm (12 7/16 x 16 9/16 in.); Sheet: 38 x 57 cm (14 15/16 x 22 7/16 in.)
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1973.137.4
© 2006 Estate of Pablo Picasso/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Catalogue raisonné: Baer III.108.616 (Baer addendum p. 38); Bloch 298; Goeppert 28
State: VBd (Baer)
Edition: 142/150
Impression: 142
Location: 003 Special Exhibition Hall
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Depicting the violence and chaos of the Spanish Civil War (1936–39), this print was one of Picasso's first overtly political works.

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Picasso began working on the plate for this etching on January 9 but left it unfinished. He completed the last four frames on June 7 using imagery related to his painting Guernica, including a weeping woman and a mother running from a burning building with a dead child in her arms.

Dream and Lie of Franco II: January 9, 1937

1937

Pablo Picasso, Roger Lacourière

(Spanish, 1881–1973), (French, 1892–1966)
Spain, 20th century

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