Pablo Picasso

(Spanish, 1881–1973)

Pablo Picasso was one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. His use of form, color, and perspective profoundly impacted later generations of painters, including Willem de Kooning and David Hockney. “There are artists who transform the sun into a yellow spot, but there are others who, thanks to their art and intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun,” he once said. Born Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno Crispín Crispiniano María de los Remedios de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz Picasso on October 25, 1881 in Málaga, Spain, his talent was cultivated early on by his father the painter Jose Ruíz Blasco. Picasso went on to attend the Royal Academy of San Fernando in Madrid, he lived for a time in Barcelona before settling in Paris in 1904. Immersed in the Parisian avant-garde circles of Gertrude Stein, Picasso rapidly transitioned styles from Neo-Impressionism through his Blue Period and Rose Period. He reached a unique style with the painting Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (1907). Constantly in search of pictorial solutions and in dialogue with his friend Georges Braque, Picasso melded the forms he saw in African sculpture with the fractured compositions he admired in Paul Cézanne  to produce the style of Cubism. Not limited to painting, the artist also produced collage, sculpture, and ceramics. After being deeply affected by the tragedies of the Spanish Civil War, Picasso created what is arguably his most political work Guernica (1937), a mural-sized painting depicting war-torn carnage with jagged shapes in contrasting grayscale. The artist was prolific up until his death on April 8, 1973 in Mougins, France. Today, his works are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate Gallery in London, the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, as well as institutions devoted solely to his work, including the Museo Picasso Málaga, the Museu Picasso in Barcelona, and the Musée National Picasso in Paris.

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Pl.6 from 'Le cocu magnifique', 1966

Pablo Picasso

Pl.6 from 'Le cocu magnifique', 1966

Sale Date: December 14, 2023

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Le pigeonneau, 1954–1957

Pablo Picasso

Le pigeonneau, 1954–1957

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Complications après l'enlèvement, Pl.139..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Complications après l'enlèvement, Pl.139..., 1968

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Maison close. Bavardages, avec perroquet,..., 1971

Pablo Picasso

Maison close. Bavardages, avec perroquet,..., 1971

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Les deux saltimbanques, Pl.5 from 'La suite..., 1905

Pablo Picasso

Les deux saltimbanques, Pl.5 from 'La suite..., 1905

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Le viol, VII, Pl.32 from 'La suite Vollard', 1933

Pablo Picasso

Le viol, VII, Pl.32 from 'La suite Vollard', 1933

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Rêve eveillé du gentilhomme: surprendre, en..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Rêve eveillé du gentilhomme: surprendre, en..., 1968

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Modèle, les mains croisées sur la tête, avec , 1966

Pablo Picasso

Modèle, les mains croisées sur la tête, avec , 1966

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Tête d'homme, from 'La caisse à remords', 1925–1926

Pablo Picasso

Tête d'homme, from 'La caisse à remords', 1925–1926

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Picador, 1955

Pablo Picasso

Picador, 1955

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Dancers, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Dancers, 1956

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Homme Avec Deux Femmes Nues (347 series No...., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Homme Avec Deux Femmes Nues (347 series No...., 1968

Sale Date: November 20, 2023

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Celestine, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Celestine, 1968

Sale Date: December 10, 2023

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Trois Vieux Copains en Visite, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Trois Vieux Copains en Visite, 1968

Sale Date: December 10, 2023

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Mes dessins d'Antibes, 1958

After Pablo Picasso

Mes dessins d'Antibes, 1958

Sale Date: November 22, 2023

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347 Series No.218 | 347シリーズ No.218, 1968

Pablo Picasso

347 Series No.218 | 347シリーズ No.218, 1968

Sale Date: December 8, 2023

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Dans l'atelier | アトリエにて, 1966

Pablo Picasso

Dans l'atelier | アトリエにて, 1966

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Face (pitcher) | Face(ピッチャー), 1969

Pablo Picasso

Face (pitcher) | Face(ピッチャー), 1969

Sale Date: December 8, 2023

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Pitcher with arums | Pitcher with arums(ピッチャー), 1953

Pablo Picasso

Pitcher with arums | Pitcher with arums(ピッチャー), 1953

Sale Date: December 9, 2023

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Joueur de flute et cavaliers | 笛吹き男と騎手

François Hugo and Pablo Picasso

Joueur de flute et cavaliers | 笛吹き男と騎手

Sale Date: December 9, 2023

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PICADOR, 1952

Pablo Picasso

PICADOR, 1952

Sale Date: November 29, 2023

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PEINTRE AU TRAVAIL AVEC MODELE BARBU ET UNE..., 1963

Pablo Picasso

PEINTRE AU TRAVAIL AVEC MODELE BARBU ET UNE..., 1963

Sale Date: November 29, 2023

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Vas

Pablo Picasso

Vas "Visage gravé noir"

Sale Date: November 28, 2023

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La femme au Singe, 1954

Pablo Picasso

La femme au Singe, 1954

Sale Date: November 25, 2023

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