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Pablo Picasso “Paix, Désarmement pour le succès de la Conférence au Sommet, Paris, Mai 1960” Original Vintage Poster, 1952/1960. Archival linen backed and ready to frame. This poster is in excellent condition. No restoration.
This rare and striking vintage poster presents Pablo Picasso’s renowned “Paix désarmement” (“Disarmament Peace”), capturing both the artist’s iconic style and his lifelong advocacy for peace. Created in 1952, the central image features Picasso’s signature dove motif—a universal symbol of peace and hope. In 1960, this composition was adapted for a powerful peace movement, with period typography added to emphasize the call for global disarmament.
Printed in France, this poster merges Picasso’s post-war humanism with modernist design, making it a compelling artifact of both art history and mid-century political engagement. An exceptional collector’s piece that resonates as strongly today as when it was first issued.
After the devastation of World War II, the early 1950s and 1960s saw global calls for peace and nuclear disarmament. Picasso, profoundly affected by war (notably the Spanish Civil War and WWII), became a vocal and visual champion for anti-war causes. His dove motif became a universal symbol of peace, widely adopted at international peace congresses and anti-nuclear demonstrations.
Picasso did not create this poster for a commercial purpose, but to support the Mouvement de la Paix (French Peace Movement) and broader peace campaigns. The poster’s original image (drawn in 1952, used for multiple Peace Congress gatherings) was later adapted in 1960 with the powerful slogan “PAIX DÉSARMEMENT” (Peace Disarmament), directly referencing the worldwide struggle to end the arms race and to achieve genuine disarmament during the Cold War.
Picasso’s “Paix désarmement” poster embodies the union of modern art and political conscience. It stands as a universal call for peace and disarmament, a lasting testament to the power of art to mobilize and inspire social change in the face of global conflict.
The original image was designed by Picasso in 1952, and the poster with its final typographic campaign text (“Paix Désarmement,” etc.) was published in 1960.
It is referenced in the Picasso raisonne of posters Czwiklitzer Number 150. Reference: Mourlot 214 ; Bloch 712; Rau 548, Hatje 598; Picasso & La Press (By Gerard Gosselin) – Page 180, illustration 276 (The poster illustrated – not the lithograph)
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