Picasso: Peace and Freedom, Tate Publishing, 2010, HC, Near Fine

Morris, Lynda & Christoph Grunenberg (Eds). London: Tate Publishing, 2010.

English, First Edition, Near Fine, HC, 4to, 9 ½” x 11 ⅝,” 255 pp.

Green woven cloth over boards, silver stamped titling to spine, red endpapers and pastedowns, in publisher’s ivory dust jacket with black illustration of bird to front, black-and-white illustration to green background at back, green and red text to front and spine, red and white text to inside gate flaps. 4” scratch to front, minor bumping to head and tail of spine, very minor edgewear, otherwise clean throughout, tightly bound, and excellent. In a Near Fine dust jacket now protected in a Mylar sleeve. Mild shelfwear to front and back, very mild edgewear, mild shelfwear to Mylar sleeve, otherwise excellent. 255 pp. Replete with full-color and black-and-white images. Edited by Lynda Morris and Christoph Grunenberg, with contributions by Piotr Bernatowicz, et al. This book explores the “politically and socially engaged” Picasso, who was a primary member of the Peace Movement, and whose Dove of Peace became their symbol (from the dust jacket). The selected works and illuminating text demonstrate how dedicated Picasso was to various causes surrounding conflict and injustice. From the dust jacket: “Picasso’s political commitment and its implications for his work can be seen as one of the last undiscovered territories in the study of the artist…Alongside masterworks related to the themes of war and peace from the 1940s onwards, this richly illustrated book features posters, prints, drawings, ceramics and an extensive range of ephemera.”