ID: 700009246 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009246	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Guernica (painting (visual work); Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973) ; 1937; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (Madrid, Madrid...; DE00050;)

Note: Painting named after the Basque town bombed by the Germans during World War II. Depicting humans and animals in death and despair, mural-sized oil painting on canvas.

Titles:

Guernica (preferred,C,U,RP,Spanish-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

painting (visual work) [300033618] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

Creation Date: 1937

Creator Display:

Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973) [preferred]

artist Picasso, Pablo (Spanish painter, sculptor, and printmaker, 1881-1973) [500009666]

Locations:

Current: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (Madrid, Madrid province, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain) [500270374] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: DE00050

Credit Line: Entry date: 1992

Display Materials: oil on canvas in grisaille

	canvas (textile material) [300014078]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by process or technique>)

	oil paint (paint) [300015050]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>)

	grisaille [300053386]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <painting and painting techniques>, painting techniques, <painting techniques for special effects>)

Dimensions: 349.3 x 776.6 cm (11.459974 x 25.479003 feet)

Cultures:

Spanish (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Surrealist [300021512] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <modern European styles and movements>, <modern European fine arts styles and movements>)

General Subject:

events (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	war [300055314]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), armed conflicts) (AAT)

	death [300151836]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), personal life events) (AAT)

	Guernica [7007779]
	.....() (TGN)

	Spanish Civil War [901002087]
	.....((Spanish history, European history, Named Events)) (ICON)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Guernica	........ [VP]
	........ Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (2014-) accessed 10 February 2017
	........ Greeley, Surrealism and the Spanish Civil War (2006) 164
	........ Van Hensbergen, Guernica (2004) 1

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... Van Hensbergen, Guernica (2004) 50

....................... Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (2014-) accessed 10 February 2017

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (2014-) accessed 10 February 2017
	..... Greeley, Surrealism and the Spanish Civil War (2006) 164