Pablo Picasso caricatured as a communist abbot by Jacques Hérold. 1946.

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)

Caricature poster.

One page in quarto (27 x 21 cm)

Slight browning in the upper left margin and creases from use.
[February 1946]

Rare poster featuring Picasso caricatured as an abbot, wearing a hat decorated with a hammer and sickle and holding a bible written by Saint Paul Éluard.

On February 1, 1946, a conference entitled "Homage to Picasso with projections by Abbé Morel" (painter and art critic) was held at the Sorbonne, featuring a reading by Paul Éluard. To mock it, the surrealist Jacques Hérold (1910-1987) designed this anonymous poster, which was distributed at the event.

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Next conference.

Father Picasso will speak about the painter Morel.

Entry fee 50 francs.

The proceeds will be donated in full to the work of rebuilding churches in Spain. 

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