Guernica: The Biography of a Twentieth-Century Icon

2014.001.094: Origformat: Book
2014.001.094

Origformat: Book

Name/Title

Guernica: The Biography of a Twentieth-Century Icon

Entry/Object ID

2014.001.094

Description

GUERNICA relates the powerful story of Picasso's 1937 masterpiece, a painting that from its birth of of war and violence became known worldwide as a symbolic cry for peace. The acclaimed biographer of Gaudi traces the iconic painting's beginnings amid the Spanish Civil War through its use as a weapon in the propaganda battle against Fascism, through the years when it became the nucleus of the Museum of Modern Art's collection in New York, to its role as a symbol of reconciliation when it return to Spain after the death of Franco.

Book Details

Author

van Hensbergen, Gijs

Place Published

City

New York City

State/Province

New York

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

2004

Publication Language

English

Call No.

ND553.P5 A65385 2004 c.1