A drunken art doodle on a wall by Picasso has been bought for £250,000 by the nation's biggest medical charity, The Telegraph reports, because it symbolises an unusual meeting of great scientific and artistic minds. Representing the only "mural" Picasso produced in England, the work was created in November 1950 while the artist visited the home of his friend, Prof John Desmond Bernal of Birkbeck College, one of the greatest British scientists of the last century. Drawn in crayon on plaster, it depicts a couple with laurel wreaths and wings, rather than anything scientific. The Wellcome Trust has acquired "Bernal's Picasso" from London's Institute of Contemporary Arts and will put it on display as part of the Wellcome Collection, a £30m venue in London that will explore the connections between medicine, life and art, and is due to open in June. Bernal organised a party in his flat where Picasso drew his sardonic peace etching on a wall, said Dr Arnold, who called it "a doodle." Picasso's mural started out as a grumpy face sporting horns. "Everyone said: 'What has that got to do with peace?' so he adds the companion and the wings," said Dr Arnold. (For full source and article click the Headline).
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£250,000 Picasso Art Doodle
A drunken art doodle on a wall by Picasso has been bought for £250,000 by the nation's biggest medical charity, The Telegraph reports, because it symbolises an unusual meeting of great scientific and artistic minds. Representing the only "mural" Picasso produced in England, the work was created in November 1950 while the artist visited the home of his friend, Prof John Desmond Bernal of Birkbeck College, one of the greatest British scientists of the last century. Drawn in crayon on plaster, it depicts a couple with laurel wreaths and wings, rather than anything scientific. The Wellcome Trust has acquired "Bernal's Picasso" from London's Institute of Contemporary Arts and will put it on display as part of the Wellcome Collection, a £30m venue in London that will explore the connections between medicine, life and art, and is due to open in June. Bernal organised a party in his flat where Picasso drew his sardonic peace etching on a wall, said Dr Arnold, who called it "a doodle." Picasso's mural started out as a grumpy face sporting horns. "Everyone said: 'What has that got to do with peace?' so he adds the companion and the wings," said Dr Arnold. (For full source and article click the Headline).
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