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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Bull Under the Tree (AR 159)

Pablo Picasso

Bull Under the Tree (AR 159)

Sale Date: November 7, 2023

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Tête de taureau, 1961

Pablo Picasso

Tête de taureau, 1961

Sale Date: November 3, 2023

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Peintre et demi-figure et modèle au chignon, 1966

Pablo Picasso

Peintre et demi-figure et modèle au chignon, 1966

Sale Date: October 29, 2023

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Jeune Femme er Gentilhomme: Sculpture..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Jeune Femme er Gentilhomme: Sculpture..., 1968

Sale Date: November 5, 2023

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Deux Femmes Batifolant sur un Matelas de..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Deux Femmes Batifolant sur un Matelas de..., 1968

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La Femme Aux des (Jacqueline) (blue),..., 1958

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La Femme Aux des (Jacqueline) (blue),..., 1958

Sale Date: November 5, 2023

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Téte de Faune, circa 1950, 1950

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Téte de Faune, circa 1950, 1950

Sale Date: November 5, 2023

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Imaginary Portrait, 1969

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Imaginary Portrait, 1969

Sale Date: October 25, 2023

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Trois Acteurs, 1933

Pablo Picasso

Trois Acteurs, 1933

Sale Date: October 25, 2023

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Don Quichotte et Sancho Pança I, 1951

Pablo Picasso

Don Quichotte et Sancho Pança I, 1951

Sale Date: October 25, 2023

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Vase with Pastel Decoration, 1953

Pablo Picasso

Vase with Pastel Decoration, 1953

Sale Date: October 24, 2023

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10 Works from La Célestine, 1968

Pablo Picasso

10 Works from La Célestine, 1968

Sale Date: October 24, 2023

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Centaure et visage (A.R. 188), 1953

Pablo Picasso

Centaure et visage (A.R. 188), 1953

Sale Date: October 24, 2023

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Nature morte au crane, 1960

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Nature morte au crane, 1960

Sale Date: October 24, 2023

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Colombe volante (à l’arc-en-ciel), 1952

Pablo Picasso

Colombe volante (à l’arc-en-ciel), 1952

Sale Date: October 24, 2023

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Dying Minotaur from the Vollard Suite, 1933

Pablo Picasso

Dying Minotaur from the Vollard Suite, 1933

Sale Date: October 24, 2023

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Fumeur, 1964

Pablo Picasso

Fumeur, 1964

Sale Date: October 24, 2023

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Femmes a leur toilette. I (B. 1199; Ba. 1181), 1965

Pablo Picasso

Femmes a leur toilette. I (B. 1199; Ba. 1181), 1965

Sale Date: October 24, 2023

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Maternité, 1962

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Maternité, 1962

Sale Date: October 24, 2023

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Maya en tablier, 1965

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Maya en tablier, 1965

Sale Date: October 24, 2023

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Sculpteur et Sculpture, from Sable Mouvant..., 1965

Pablo Picasso

Sculpteur et Sculpture, from Sable Mouvant..., 1965

Sale Date: October 24, 2023

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Scène d'intérieur (B. 74; Ba. 241; Mourlot..., 1926

Pablo Picasso

Scène d'intérieur (B. 74; Ba. 241; Mourlot..., 1926

Sale Date: October 24, 2023

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Sculptures et vase de fleurs, from the..., 1933

Pablo Picasso

Sculptures et vase de fleurs, from the..., 1933

Sale Date: October 24, 2023

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Visage de Marie-Thérèse (B. 95; Ba. 243; M...., 1928

Pablo Picasso

Visage de Marie-Thérèse (B. 95; Ba. 243; M...., 1928

Sale Date: October 24, 2023

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