VTG Guernica by Pablo Picasso Matted Framed Print Museo Reina Sofia Madrid Spain

Description: VTG Guernica by Pablo Picasso Matted Framed Print Museo Reina Sofia Madrid Spain Matted & Framed 23" x 15"Ready to Hang This beautiful vintage print by Pablo Picasso is a must-have for any art lover. This medium-sized piece depicts the theme of anti-war and is framed with care. The print is from the Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid, Spain, and is perfect for adding a touch of elegance to any room. The artist's signature is not present, and there is no certificate of authenticity, but the quality of the print speaks for itself. Regarded as among the most representative works of art of the 20th century. It is a great addition to any collection and will be a conversation starter in any room. The government of the Spanish Republic acquired the mural "Guernica" from Picasso in 1937. When World War II broke out, the artist decided that the painting should remain in the custody of New York's Museum of Modern Art for safekeeping until the conflict ended. In 1958 Picasso extended the loan of the painting to MoMA for an indefinite period, until such time that democracy had been restored in Spain. The work finally returned to this country in 1981. Guernica has attracted a number of controversial interpretations, doubtless due in part to the deliberate use in the painting of only greyish tones. Analyzing the iconography in the painting, one Guernica scholar, Anthony Blunt, divides the protagonists of the pyramidal composition into two groups, the first of which is made up of three animals; the bull, the wounded horse and the winged bird that can just be made out in the background on the left. The second group is made up of the human beings, consisting of a dead soldier and a number of women: the one on the upper right, holding a lamp and leaning through a window, the mother on the left, wailing as she holds her dead child, the one rushing in from the right and finally the one who is crying out to the heavens, her arms raised as a house burns down behind her.At this point it should be remembered that two years earlier, in 1935, Picasso had done the etching Minotauromaquia, a synthetic work condensing into a single image all the symbols of his cycle dedicated to the mythological creature, which stands as Guernica’s most direct relative.Incidents in Picasso’s private life and the political events afflicting Europe between the wars fused together in the motifs the painter was using at the time, resulting both in Guernica itself and all the studies and ‘postscripts’, regarded as among the most representative works of art of the 20th century.

Price: 125 USD

Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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