Dear Modernist - 

Thanks for the clarification; the Stalinist nomenclature is puzzling. But here's one more detail on the citation:

Citation 23 at http://www.xtimeline.com/evt/view.aspx?id=15752, states that that Picasso recieved the "Lenin Peace Prize" in 1961, but is reported in the Picasso text as 1962.

The Wiki source, at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenin_Peace_Prize, says 1962 ("International Lenin Prize"). Can we use our wiki site as a source, or is that considered bad form?

I'm also adding a brief quotation from the surrealist Andre Breton; historically, this provides an insight into a "leftist" criticism of Picasso's Stalinist loyalties. It also adds a rhetorical counterpoint to the Dali quote. Mysweetoldetc.