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Vertically oriented cover on cream paper with an angular, five-sided shape of a lighter color in the middle on which is written "Picasso sueño y mentira de Franco" in black ink. A teardrop shape encircles the words in the same black ink as the words, with an irregular, handwritten, partially cursive and partially print quality.

Dream and Lie of Franco: Cover Design

1937

Pablo Picasso

(Spanish, 1881–1973)
printer

Roger Lacourière

(French, 1892–1966)
Spain, 20th century
line-block cover
Overall (folded): 59 x 40.3 cm (23 1/4 x 15 7/8 in.)
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1973.137.1
© Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Catalogue raisonné: Baer III.106.615-16 (Baer addendum p. 38); Bloch 297-98; Goeppert 28
Location: Not on view

Description

Picasso's Dream and Lie of Franco was accompanied by a poem written by the artist.
  • Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1973." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 61, no. 2 (February 1974): 31-78. P. 76. www.jstor.org
  • Picasso and Paper. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (co-organizer) (December 8, 2024-March 23, 2025).
  • {{cite web|title=Dream and Lie of Franco: Cover Design|url=false|author=Pablo Picasso, Roger Lacourière|year=1937|access-date=13 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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