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Maker(s):Picasso, Pablo; Lacourière, Roger (printed by)
Culture:Spanish (1881 - 1973)
Title:Sueño y Mentira de Franco I (Dream and Lie of Franco, Plate I)
Date Made:1937
Type:Print
Materials:etching and aquatint on Montval laid paper
Place Made:France; Paris
Measurements:plate: 12 1/2 in x 16 9/16 in; 31.75 cm x 42.11955 cm; sheet: 15 1/4 in x 22 9/16 in; 38.735 cm x 57.35955 cm
Narrative Inscription:  signed with stamp and numbered below the plate; lower left in red pencil: H. C. VI / XVII w(?); lower right, stamped in purple ink: Picasso [underlined]
Accession Number:  SC 1977.32.202
Credit Line:Gift of Priscilla Paine Van der Poel, class of 1928
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
nine separate scenes (arranged in three rows and three columns) depicting a polyp-headed monster representing General Franco in different situations including facing the large head and torso of a woman (top left), riding a horse (top right), being charged by a bull (center), wearing a lace mantilla and holding a fan (center right), and riding a pig (bottom left)

Subjects:
Etching; Aquatint

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