Pablo Picasso. Dream and Lie of Franco, Plate II. Reproduction on paper of Plate II from the portfolio "Dream and Lie of Franco," published by SPADEM in 1975. Dimensions without frame: 43 x 32 cm. Artwork in good condition with signs of age. Dream and Lie of Franco is a series of etchings and a prose poem written by Pablo Picasso in 1937, during the Spanish Civil War. The handwritten title and the text below are part of a fierce satire and propaganda attack against General Francisco Franco. Picasso used the Artwork, filled with surreal and grotesque imagery, to portray Franco as a monster and raise funds for the Republican cause. The piece is contemporary with and related to Guernica, demonstrating Picasso's profound political commitment against fascism.