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The 'Guernica' in the United Nations building is one of three tapestry versions made in Paris by Jacqueline de la Baume Dürrbach of the Dürrbach Atelier in 1955 in collaboration with Picasso. It is full seize and is woven in shades of brown (taupe). There is also a sliver/grey one in the Museum of Colmar Unterlinden, Alsace in France (made in 1976) and a red one in the Museum of Modern Art Gunma, in Japan (made in 1985).

The United Nations 'Guernica' is displayed outside the Security Council Chamber. The tapestry was bought by Nelson Rockefeller in 1955 and after Picasso's original painting of 'Guernica' which had been on loan to MOMA, was returned to Spain in 1985 the tapestry was given to the UN by Rockefeller's widow, Margaretta, for public display on a permanent loan. Picasso (died in 1973) did not permit his painting to be returned to Spain until after the death of Franco (1975) and the return of Spain to democracy (1978).

There a lots more details about the bombing of Guernica' in 1937; Picasso's Guernica painting; other versions of Guernica; the story of the 'covering up' of the UN tapestry in 2003; and the loan of the UN tapestry to the Whitechapel Gallery in London 2009-2010 during the period in which the UN building was undergoing renovation; - see shapesoftime at link below.

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It should be mentioned that Picasso's original painting is in the Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid, Spain.

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