about Pour Youri Gagarine

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.

Estate of Picasso, (Marina Picasso) pencil signature and embossed blindstamp lower right. Ink stamp verso 'Approved by the heirs of Pablo Picasso'.