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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No.128「156シリーズ」より, 1971

Pablo Picasso

No.128「156シリーズ」より, 1971

Sale Date: November 26, 2023

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PORTRAIT FROM THE IMAGINARY PORTRAITS SERIES

Pablo Picasso

PORTRAIT FROM THE IMAGINARY PORTRAITS SERIES

Sale Date: November 24, 2023

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'Le Repos du Sculpteur III,' from La Suite..., 1933

Pablo Picasso

'Le Repos du Sculpteur III,' from La Suite..., 1933

Sale Date: December 9, 2023

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'Le Repos du Sculpteur IV,' from La Suite..., 1933

Pablo Picasso

'Le Repos du Sculpteur IV,' from La Suite..., 1933

Sale Date: December 9, 2023

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Guéridon, guitare et compotier, 1920

Pablo Picasso

Guéridon, guitare et compotier, 1920

Sale Date: December 8, 2023

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Portrait de Jacqueline au chapeau de paille..., 1962

Pablo Picasso

Portrait de Jacqueline au chapeau de paille..., 1962

Sale Date: December 9, 2023

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Dans lìatelier: modéle et deux amateurs, 1966

Pablo Picasso

Dans lìatelier: modéle et deux amateurs, 1966

Sale Date: December 13, 2023

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Peintre debout à son chevalet, avec un..., 1966

Pablo Picasso

Peintre debout à son chevalet, avec un..., 1966

Sale Date: December 13, 2023

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Figure, ou Baigneuse à la cabine, 1929

Pablo Picasso

Figure, ou Baigneuse à la cabine, 1929

Sale Date: November 29, 2023

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La Danse barbare, 1905

Pablo Picasso

La Danse barbare, 1905

Sale Date: November 29, 2023

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Trois nus debout, avec esquisses de..., 1927–1928

Pablo Picasso

Trois nus debout, avec esquisses de..., 1927–1928

Sale Date: November 29, 2023

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Le Peintre et son modèle, 1930

Pablo Picasso

Le Peintre et son modèle, 1930

Sale Date: November 29, 2023

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Pismo (lettre) par Ilia Zdanevitch, dit Iliazd, 1947

Pablo Picasso

Pismo (lettre) par Ilia Zdanevitch, dit Iliazd, 1947

Sale Date: November 29, 2023

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Femme au bord de la mer, 1924

Pablo Picasso

Femme au bord de la mer, 1924

Sale Date: November 29, 2023

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Scène d’intérieur, 1926

Pablo Picasso

Scène d’intérieur, 1926

Sale Date: November 29, 2023

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L’Étreinte, 1905

Pablo Picasso

L’Étreinte, 1905

Sale Date: November 29, 2023

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Sculpteur songeant, modèle aux cheveux noirs , 1933

Pablo Picasso

Sculpteur songeant, modèle aux cheveux noirs , 1933

Sale Date: November 29, 2023

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Peintre ramassant son pinceau, avec un..., 1927–1930

Pablo Picasso

Peintre ramassant son pinceau, avec un..., 1927–1930

Sale Date: November 29, 2023

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Scène bacchique au minotaure, 1933

Pablo Picasso

Scène bacchique au minotaure, 1933

Sale Date: November 29, 2023

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Le Saltimbanque, 1905

Pablo Picasso

Le Saltimbanque, 1905

Sale Date: November 29, 2023

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Le Sauvetage de la noyée II, 1932

Pablo Picasso

Le Sauvetage de la noyée II, 1932

Sale Date: November 29, 2023

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Visage de Marie-Thérèse, 1928

Pablo Picasso

Visage de Marie-Thérèse, 1928

Sale Date: November 29, 2023

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Tête de femme : Madeleine, 1905

Pablo Picasso

Tête de femme : Madeleine, 1905

Sale Date: November 29, 2023

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Peintre avec deux modèles regardant une toile, 1927

Pablo Picasso

Peintre avec deux modèles regardant une toile, 1927

Sale Date: November 29, 2023

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