Dove | |
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Artist | Pablo Picasso |
Year | 1949 |
Medium | Lithograph |
Dimensions | 56.7 cm × 76 cm (22.3 in × 30 in) |
Dove (French: La Colombe) is a 1949 lithograph on paper created by Pablo Picasso in 1949 in an edition of 50+5. The lithograph displays a white dove on a black background, which is widely considered to be a symbol of peace. The image was used to illustrate a poster at the 1949 Paris Peace Congress and also became an iconographic image of the period, known as "The dove of peace". An example is housed in the collection of the Tate Gallery and MOMA. Since then, it has been considered a masterpiece.