Open AccessAtenție, Picasso! Beware, Picasso! The Story of an Artifact in the Collection of the National Museum of Transylvanian History
Author(s) -
Ioana Gruiță-Savu
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
acta musei napocensis. ii, historica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2783-9710
pISSN - 1454-1521
DOI - 10.54145/actamn.58.10
Subject(s) - artifact (error) , picasso , dove , visual arts , art history , art , decipher , painting , history , computer science , artificial intelligence , political science , law , biology , genetics
The National Museum of Transylvanian History owns a graphic work signed by Pablo Picasso. The image represents a blue pigeon holding an olive branch in its beak. Iconographically, the Blue Dove is part of the series of graphic works made by the artist to promote the Peace Movement, born immediately after the Second World War. The purpose of this study is to reconstruct the history of this artifact. By contextualizing it, I aim to decipher the symbolism behind this image. Following its circulation, and establishing its provenance in the museum’s collection, I aim to confirm its authenticity.