Paul Eluard / Pablo Picasso - Le Visage de la Paix - 1951

The Face of Peace. Paris, Éditions Cercle d'Art, Mourlot, 1951, in-8, paperback, filled cream cover, title printed in black, 62 pages. Pablo Picasso, innovative and committed artist, joins, for the last time, with his friend Paul ÉLUARD, surrealist writer, to draw the Face of Peace. Aware of the importance of his political commitment, Picasso became a fervent peace activist after the Second World War. The 29 mid-page lithographs, on the theme of Peace, are printed by Mourlot, and are adjusted to the thread of Eluard's poem located below. Text and illustrations merge under the sign of purity. Light stains on the cover, wear on the back of the binding, but fresh inside. Limited edition of 2,200 copies. One of 2,000 numbered copies on superior offset vellum.