Created in honor of Yuri Gagarin the same year, Pablo Picasso's portrait of the head of the famed Soviet cosmonaut flying above the Earth on a dove holding an olive branch surely symbolizes the artist's desire for peace and unity during the mid-twentieth century Space Race between the USSR and the USA. A lithograph from the Marina Picasso Estate Collection after an original work by Pablo Picasso. In the 1970's after Picasso's death, Marina Picasso, his granddaughter, authorized the creation of this lithograph by Laurent Marcel Salinas, who worked closely with Picasso during his lifetime. The limited edition print run was completed and published by Marina Picasso in conjunction with Jackie Fine Arts between 1979 and 1982. The lithograph is printed on French Arches paper, ink-stamped by the Estate verso, and hand-signed by Marina Picasso on the recto. The embossed seal of the Estate is lower right and the printer's chop, lower left. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
