The Berlin Wall, built in 1961 by the authorities in the German Democratic Republic to prevent the inhabitants of the East Berlin sector from fleeing to the West, was brought down by a popular movement on the night of 9 November 1989. For 28 years, it stood as the symbol of the Cold War, and its wes...
The Berlin Wall, built in 1961 by the authorities in the German Democratic Republic to prevent the inhabitants of the East Berlin sector from fleeing to the West, was brought down by a popular movement on the night of 9 November 1989. For 28 years, it stood as the symbol of the Cold War, and its western side gradually became covered with graffiti, art mixing messages of peace and protest from the early sixties onwards.
More than 300 fragments of the Berlin Wall remain around the world, and a few sections can still be found in their original location, such as the East Side Gallery.
This piece illustrates a message of peace represented by the dove crossing the wall in a green, undulated landscape.
Auctioned in Monaco in 1990, this fragment was acquired by the Lebanese businessman Nabil Boustany, who donated it to the Principality of Monaco.
