‘Festival Mondial de la Jeunesse et des Etudiants pour la Paix’, Silkscreen on Scarf, 1951

Linen scarf designed by Picasso to commemorate the World Festival of Youth and Students for Peace held in Berlin from the 5th to the 19th of August 1951. Very rare in such good condition with fresh colours. Picasso frequently designed posters or scarves to aid causes he believed to be important.

The dove of peace takes central position, surrounded by four profiles of African, Native American, Asian and European faces.