Hommage des Artistes Espagnols au Machado. 1955.

Artist: PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Size: 19 3/4 x 25 7/8 in./50 x 65.6 cm
Condition: A.
Printer: Imp. Moderne du Lion, Paris
Reference: Ref: Czwiklitzer, 89; Picasso Plakate, 51; Posters of Picasso, pl. 18
Key Words: Modern; Exhibitions

Hommage des Artistes Espagnols au Machado. 1955.
Antonio Machado was one of the leading figures of the Spanish literary movement known as the Generation of '98, and he continues to be considered a national hero. Deeply introspective, symbolist, and psychological, his poems explore his own being as well as the wider human experience of the Spanish people. In 1955, 16 years after his death, a seminal exhibition was held at the Maison de la Pensée Française to pay homage to the poet's life and career through paintings and sculptures by Spanish artists. Naturally, Picasso was asked to design the announcement which also served as the cover for the exhibition catalogue. Picasso "wishes to present the poet of the poster with an air of gentility, and to impart to the whole poster a quality of calm and dignity" (Posters of Picasso, p. 28).