Colombe de la paix

Details

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Colombe de la paix
dated and inscribed 'Vallauris le 22.1.54.' and stamped 'Madoura Plein Feu' (underneath)
glazed ceramic plate
Diameter: 12 5/8 in. (32.2 cm.)
Executed in Vallauris on 22 January 1954; this work is unique

Provenance

Louis Aragon, Paris.
A gift from the above by 1978 and thence by descent to the present owner.

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Lot Essay

Claude Picasso has confirmed the authenticity of this work.

The text on the plate reads 'Je reclame le droit de faire comme si La guerre était un chien assis aux pieds parfaits de notre France'. This is a passage from Louis Aragon's poem Les yeux et la mémoire, published in 1954, the same year this plate was executed.

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