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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Visage no. 130 (Face no. 130) (A.R. 479), 1963

Pablo Picasso

Visage no. 130 (Face no. 130) (A.R. 479), 1963

Sale Date: November 2, 2023

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Visage no. 202 (Face no. 202) (A.R. 495), 1963

Pablo Picasso

Visage no. 202 (Face no. 202) (A.R. 495), 1963

Sale Date: November 2, 2023

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Corrida aux personnages (Bullfight with..., 1950

Pablo Picasso

Corrida aux personnages (Bullfight with..., 1950

Sale Date: November 2, 2023

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Dedicatoria manuscrita, 1971

Pablo Picasso

Dedicatoria manuscrita, 1971

Sale Date: November 6, 2023

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Dedicatoria manuscrita, 1971

Pablo Picasso

Dedicatoria manuscrita, 1971

Sale Date: November 6, 2023

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Personnages and cavaliers, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Personnages and cavaliers, 1968

Sale Date: November 4, 2023

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Untitled (artwork from the Trozo de Almibar...

Pablo Picasso

Untitled (artwork from the Trozo de Almibar...

Sale Date: November 4, 2023

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Le Picador II

Pablo Picasso

Le Picador II

Sale Date: November 4, 2023

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Untitled (From the series Trozo de Almibar)

Pablo Picasso

Untitled (From the series Trozo de Almibar)

Sale Date: November 4, 2023

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Sujet Colombe, 1959

Pablo Picasso

Sujet Colombe, 1959

Sale Date: November 4, 2023

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Deux femmes assises, 1938

Pablo Picasso

Deux femmes assises, 1938

Sale Date: November 4, 2023

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PICADOR (A.R. 160), 1952

Pablo Picasso

PICADOR (A.R. 160), 1952

Sale Date: October 30, 2023

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Nana (La danseuse naine), 1966

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Nana (La danseuse naine), 1966

Sale Date: November 15, 2023

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Assiette ronde / carrée Deux danseurs, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Assiette ronde / carrée Deux danseurs, 1956

Sale Date: November 15, 2023

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Pichet tourné Petite chouette, 1949

Pablo Picasso

Pichet tourné Petite chouette, 1949

Sale Date: November 15, 2023

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Plaque murale convexe Joueur de flûte et..., 1956

Pablo Picasso

Plaque murale convexe Joueur de flûte et..., 1956

Sale Date: November 15, 2023

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Tête d'homme, 1970

Pablo Picasso

Tête d'homme, 1970

Sale Date: November 15, 2023

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Centauro (testa)

Egidio Costantini and Pablo Picasso

Centauro (testa)

Sale Date: November 7, 2023

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OVALE AU CHEVAL; OVALE AVEC L'OEIL A;..., 1971

Pablo Picasso

OVALE AU CHEVAL; OVALE AVEC L'OEIL A;..., 1971

Sale Date: November 1, 2023

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TÊTE DE LION (ALAIN RAMIE 576), 1968

Pablo Picasso

TÊTE DE LION (ALAIN RAMIE 576), 1968

Sale Date: November 1, 2023

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QUATRE PROFILS ENLACÉS (SEE ALAIN RAMIÉ 89), 1949

Pablo Picasso

QUATRE PROFILS ENLACÉS (SEE ALAIN RAMIÉ 89), 1949

Sale Date: November 1, 2023

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SERVICE VISAGE NOIR (ALAIN RAMIÉ 44), 1948

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SERVICE VISAGE NOIR (ALAIN RAMIÉ 44), 1948

Sale Date: November 1, 2023

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FIGURE DE PROUE (ALAIN RAMIÉ 136), 1952

Pablo Picasso

FIGURE DE PROUE (ALAIN RAMIÉ 136), 1952

Sale Date: November 1, 2023

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FEMME CHOUETTE (ALAIN RAMIÉ 119), 1951

Pablo Picasso

FEMME CHOUETTE (ALAIN RAMIÉ 119), 1951

Sale Date: November 1, 2023

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