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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Femme au lit avec visiteurs en costume du XVIIe...

Pablo Picasso

Femme au lit avec visiteurs en costume du XVIIe...

Sale Date: November 9, 2023

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Figure (Paulo en Costume d'Arlequin), 1926

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Figure (Paulo en Costume d'Arlequin), 1926

Sale Date: October 31, 2023

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Tete de Mort et Livre, 1946

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Tete de Mort et Livre, 1946

Sale Date: October 31, 2023

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Femme en corset lisant un livre, 1914–1918

Pablo Picasso

Femme en corset lisant un livre, 1914–1918

Sale Date: November 14, 2023

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Femme accroupie, 1939

Pablo Picasso

Femme accroupie, 1939

Sale Date: November 14, 2023

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Texte de JACQUES PRÉVERT (1900-1977)

Pablo Picasso

Texte de JACQUES PRÉVERT (1900-1977)

Sale Date: November 3, 2023

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Affiche lithographique en couleurs pour..., 1957

Pablo Picasso

Affiche lithographique en couleurs pour..., 1957

Sale Date: November 3, 2023

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« Dans l’atelier de Picasso », 1957

Pablo Picasso

« Dans l’atelier de Picasso », 1957

Sale Date: November 12, 2023

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A Pablo Picasso ”Tête de chèvre de profil” (A.R.

Pablo Picasso

A Pablo Picasso ”Tête de chèvre de profil” (A.R.

Sale Date: November 8, 2023

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A Pablo Picasso ”Picador” (A.R. 289) earthenware

Pablo Picasso

A Pablo Picasso ”Picador” (A.R. 289) earthenware

Sale Date: November 8, 2023

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A Pablo Picasso ”Bouquet à la pomme” (A.R. 305)...

Pablo Picasso

A Pablo Picasso ”Bouquet à la pomme” (A.R. 305)...

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A Pablo Picasso ”Bouquet à la pomme” (A.R. 305)...

Pablo Picasso

A Pablo Picasso ”Bouquet à la pomme” (A.R. 305)...

Sale Date: November 8, 2023

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A Pablo Picasso ”Picador” (A.R. 289) earthenware

Pablo Picasso

A Pablo Picasso ”Picador” (A.R. 289) earthenware

Sale Date: November 8, 2023

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A Pablo Picasso ”Tête de chèvre de profil” (A.R.

Pablo Picasso

A Pablo Picasso ”Tête de chèvre de profil” (A.R.

Sale Date: November 8, 2023

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Black Face, 1948

Pablo Picasso

Black Face, 1948

Sale Date: November 8, 2023

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Little Face no. 65, 1963

Pablo Picasso

Little Face no. 65, 1963

Sale Date: November 8, 2023

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Peintre et femme cueillant des fleurs, 1970

Pablo Picasso

Peintre et femme cueillant des fleurs, 1970

Sale Date: November 8, 2023

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Two Plates from Fruits de Provence

Pablo Picasso

Two Plates from Fruits de Provence

Sale Date: October 28, 2023

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Nu couché et tête de femme, 1969

Pablo Picasso

Nu couché et tête de femme, 1969

Sale Date: November 9, 2023

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Nu couché, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Nu couché, 1968

Sale Date: November 9, 2023

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Femme endormie, 1934

Pablo Picasso

Femme endormie, 1934

Sale Date: November 9, 2023

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Femme à la montre, 1932

Pablo Picasso

Femme à la montre, 1932

Sale Date: November 8, 2023

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Bearded Yan (AR 513)

Pablo Picasso

Bearded Yan (AR 513)

Sale Date: December 6, 2023

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Le danseuse sur la table, 1960

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Le danseuse sur la table, 1960

Sale Date: October 3, 2023

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