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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Deux Oiseaux, n° 95

Pablo Picasso

Deux Oiseaux, n° 95

Sale Date: November 21, 2023

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Personnage, 1968, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Personnage, 1968, 1968

Sale Date: November 21, 2023

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Le peintre et son modèle, 1965, 1965

Pablo Picasso

Le peintre et son modèle, 1965, 1965

Sale Date: November 21, 2023

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IMAGINARY PORTRAITS

Pablo Picasso

IMAGINARY PORTRAITS

Sale Date: December 10, 2023

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PICADOR (AR.160), 1952

Pablo Picasso

PICADOR (AR.160), 1952

Sale Date: December 10, 2023

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IMAGINARY PORTRAITS

Pablo Picasso

IMAGINARY PORTRAITS

Sale Date: December 10, 2023

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Don Quixote, 1955

Pablo Picasso

Don Quixote, 1955

Sale Date: October 17, 2023

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from IMAGINARY PORTRAITS | 「想像の中の肖像」より

Pablo Picasso

from IMAGINARY PORTRAITS | 「想像の中の肖像」より

Sale Date: November 24, 2023

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from IMAGINARY PORTRAITS | 「想像の中の肖像」より

Pablo Picasso

from IMAGINARY PORTRAITS | 「想像の中の肖像」より

Sale Date: November 24, 2023

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Bacchanale au flutiste from LA CAISSE A..., 1955

Pablo Picasso

Bacchanale au flutiste from LA CAISSE A..., 1955

Sale Date: November 24, 2023

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156 Series No.122 | 156シリーズ No.122, 1971

Pablo Picasso

156 Series No.122 | 156シリーズ No.122, 1971

Sale Date: November 24, 2023

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from IMAGINARY PORTRAITS | 「想像の中の肖像」より

Pablo Picasso

from IMAGINARY PORTRAITS | 「想像の中の肖像」より

Sale Date: November 24, 2023

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Douglas Cooper, Pablo Picasso, Les Dejeuners, 1962

Pablo Picasso

Douglas Cooper, Pablo Picasso, Les Dejeuners, 1962

Sale Date: November 30, 2023

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Andre Sauret, Picasso Lithographe Vol. II,..., 1950

Pablo Picasso

Andre Sauret, Picasso Lithographe Vol. II,..., 1950

Sale Date: November 30, 2023

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Vallauris 1956 Exposition, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Vallauris 1956 Exposition, 1956

Sale Date: November 30, 2023

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Tete en Profil, 1964

Pablo Picasso

Tete en Profil, 1964

Sale Date: November 30, 2023

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from LA CELESTINE | 「ラ・セレスティーヌ」より, 1968

Pablo Picasso

from LA CELESTINE | 「ラ・セレスティーヌ」より, 1968

Sale Date: November 23, 2023

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Assiette F (Visage noir service), 1948

Pablo Picasso

Assiette F (Visage noir service), 1948

Sale Date: November 27, 2023

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Danseurs, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Danseurs, 1956

Sale Date: November 27, 2023

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Visage cubiste, 1968–1969

Pablo Picasso

Visage cubiste, 1968–1969

Sale Date: November 27, 2023

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Femme échevelée, 1963

Pablo Picasso

Femme échevelée, 1963

Sale Date: November 27, 2023

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Visage en gros relief, 1963

Pablo Picasso

Visage en gros relief, 1963

Sale Date: November 27, 2023

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Visage cubiste, 1968–1969

Pablo Picasso

Visage cubiste, 1968–1969

Sale Date: November 27, 2023

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Visage, 1963

Pablo Picasso

Visage, 1963

Sale Date: November 27, 2023

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