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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Minotaure caressant une femme, from La Suite , 1933

Pablo Picasso

Minotaure caressant une femme, from La Suite , 1933

Sale Date: November 23, 2023

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Femme assise au chapeau et Femme debout..., 1934

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Femme assise au chapeau et Femme debout..., 1934

Sale Date: November 23, 2023

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Deux Femmes au Miroir (from Sable Mouvant),..., 1965

Pablo Picasso

Deux Femmes au Miroir (from Sable Mouvant),..., 1965

Sale Date: November 23, 2023

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Vallauris 1951 Exposition, 1951, 1951

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Vallauris 1951 Exposition, 1951, 1951

Sale Date: November 23, 2023

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Untitled, from La Comedie Humaine 1954, 1954

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Untitled, from La Comedie Humaine 1954, 1954

Sale Date: November 23, 2023

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Vallauris Exposition 1955, 1959, 1955

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Vallauris Exposition 1955, 1959, 1955

Sale Date: November 23, 2023

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Exposition Céramique Vallauris, 1959, 1959

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Exposition Céramique Vallauris, 1959, 1959

Sale Date: November 23, 2023

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Exposition De Vallauris, 1962 (B. 1299, 1962

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Exposition De Vallauris, 1962 (B. 1299, 1962

Sale Date: November 23, 2023

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Woman in Bikini and Hat Tapestry

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Woman in Bikini and Hat Tapestry

Sale Date: November 14, 2023

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Handled Vase

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Handled Vase

Sale Date: November 14, 2023

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Madame Ricardo Canals, from the Barcelona..., 1966

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Madame Ricardo Canals, from the Barcelona..., 1966

Sale Date: November 16, 2023

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"Buste de Femme au corsage blanc", 1957

Sale Date: November 16, 2023

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Pigeon

Pablo Picasso

Pigeon", 1943

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"Tête de jeune femme", 1947

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A "Service visage noir" faience dish, 1948

Sale Date: November 16, 2023

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"Cruchon hibou" a faience pitcher, 1955

Sale Date: November 16, 2023

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VISAGE DE FEMME, 1953

Pablo Picasso

VISAGE DE FEMME, 1953

Sale Date: November 4, 2023

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Tete de Mousquetaire, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Tete de Mousquetaire, 1968

Sale Date: November 4, 2023

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COLOMBE BRILLIANTE , 1953

Pablo Picasso

COLOMBE BRILLIANTE , 1953

Sale Date: November 4, 2023

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Gentilhomme, femme honteuse et reître, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Gentilhomme, femme honteuse et reître, 1968

Sale Date: November 9, 2023

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Degas chez les filles La note, 1971

Pablo Picasso

Degas chez les filles La note, 1971

Sale Date: November 9, 2023

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Bacchanale au hibou et au jeune homme masqué, 1955

Pablo Picasso

Bacchanale au hibou et au jeune homme masqué, 1955

Sale Date: November 9, 2023

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Après l'examen: Le père emmène son fils , 1970

Pablo Picasso

Après l'examen: Le père emmène son fils , 1970

Sale Date: November 9, 2023

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Sculpteur, modèle et sculpture: femme assise, 1933

Pablo Picasso

Sculpteur, modèle et sculpture: femme assise, 1933

Sale Date: November 9, 2023

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