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In January 1937, Spanish government commissioned Picasso to create a large mural for the Spanish display at the International Exposition of Art and Technology in Modern Life at the 1937 World's Fair in Paris. At the time, Picasso was living in Paris. He had last visited Spain in 1934. His initial sketches for the project depicted his perennial theme of the artist's studio. However, immediately upon hearing reports of the 26 April bombing of a certain village in northern Spain, the poet Juan Larrea visited Picasso and urged him to make the bombing his subject. After reading George Steer's eyewitness account of the bombing, Picasso abandoned his initial project and started sketching a series of preliminary drawings for his painting. This resulted in which painting by Picasso?
In January 1937, Spanish government commissioned Picasso to create a large mural for the Spanish display at the International Exposition of Art and Technology in Modern Life at the 1937 World's Fair in Paris. At the time, Picasso was living in Paris. He had last visited Spain in 1934. His initial sketches for the project depicted his perennial theme of the artist's studio. However, immediately upon hearing reports of the 26 April bombing of a certain village in northern Spain, the poet Juan Larrea visited Picasso and urged him to make the bombing his subject. After reading George Steer's eyewitness account of the bombing, Picasso abandoned his initial project and started sketching a series of preliminary drawings for his painting. This resulted in which painting by Picasso?
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