The Dove of Peace

The Dove of Peace  is an original etching artwork realized in 1983 by Emilio Greco.

Hand-signed on the lwer right and dated with the dedication by the arist.

Artist's proof, on the lower left in pencil.

In very good conditions with some folding on margins.

The artwork  fulfilled on the occasion of the Sarajevo Winter Olympics. It is characterized bu confident and sort strokes, with an impressive feeling of peace demonstrated through symbolic combination of dove and girl.  Emilio Greco   (Catania, 11 Ottobre 1913 – Roma, 5 April 1995) was an Italian sculptor, engraver, medallist, writer and poet. He is best known for his monumental bronze sculptures around the world in Museums - Tate Modern (London), Hermitage (Saint Petersburg), Puskin Museum (Moscow), GNAM (Rome), Hirshhorn Museum (Washington D.C.), Hakone Open-Air Museum (Japan), Museu Coleção Berardo (Lisbon), Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium (Bruxelles), Kröller-Müller-Museum (Otterlo), Storm King Art Center (New Windsor, NY), Hawke's Bay Museum (New Zealand), Museo Novecento (Florence) - and public works of art in London, Rome, Tokyo, Osaka, Orvieto, Sendai, Tarquinia, Vatican, Antwerp and Marl/Germany.