Dream and Lie of Franco

1937

Pablo Picasso

Associated Names
Pablo Picasso

Artist, Spanish, 1881 - 1973

The image consists of a grid of nine panels, each filled with a variety of abstract lines. The shapes in the panels create different compositions, including a human profile, a knight with a lance, figures on horses, and swirling lines. The panels also feature symbolic elements like a sun with a face, flags, and swords, along with abstract characters resembling jesters or performers. The overall impression is surreal and fantastical, inviting viewers to interpret familiar objects in an abstract way.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    aquatint and etching

  • Credit Line

    Gift of William C. Seitz and Irma S. Seitz

  • Dimensions

    overall: 40.6 x 71.1 cm (16 x 28 in.)
    plate: 31.8 x 42.1 cm (12 1/2 x 16 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2004.30.11

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Geiser/Baer, no. 615, State ii/ii (Be)

  • Series Title

    Sueño y Mentira de Franco

  • Copyright

    © 2012 Estate of Pablo Picasso/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

William C. and Irma S. Seitz; gift to NGA, 2004.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1968

  • Bloch, Georges. Pablo Picasso; catalogue de l'oeuvre grave et lithographie 1904-1967. Bern: Kornfeld und Klipstein, 1968, no. 297

1990

  • Geiser, Bernhard and Brigette Baer. Picasso peintre-graveur. 2 vols. Berne: Éditions Kornfeld, 1990 (vol. 1) and 1992 (vol. 2), no. 615. See Baer 1986-1996 for volumes 1 and 2.

Inscriptions

across top of plate in reverse: 8 janvier 1937

Wikidata ID

Q76349292

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