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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Pichet en céramique

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Pichet en céramique

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Visage, 1955

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Visage, 1955

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Oiseau, 1960

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Oiseau, 1960

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Buste de femme au chapeau, 1958–1963

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Buste de femme au chapeau, 1958–1963

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La colombe en vol, 1950

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La colombe en vol, 1950

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La colombe, 1949

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La colombe, 1949

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Marie-Thérèse en femme torero, from La Suite , 1934

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Marie-Thérèse en femme torero, from La Suite , 1934

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Le Repas frugal, from La Suite des..., 1904

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Le Repas frugal, from La Suite des..., 1904

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Sculpteur et Trois Danseuses sculptées, from , 1934

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Sculpteur et Trois Danseuses sculptées, from , 1934

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Taureau ailé contemplé par quatre enfants,..., 1934

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Taureau ailé contemplé par quatre enfants,..., 1934

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Minotaur, Buveur et Femmes, from La Suite..., 1933

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Minotaur, Buveur et Femmes, from La Suite..., 1933

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Peintre dessinant et modèle nu au chapeau, 1965

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Peintre dessinant et modèle nu au chapeau, 1965

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Eaux-fortes originales pour des textes de..., 1936

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Eaux-fortes originales pour des textes de..., 1936

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Tête de femme, face et profil, from Picasso..., 1926

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Tête de femme, face et profil, from Picasso..., 1926

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La Pique (The Pike), 1950, 1950

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La Pique (The Pike), 1950, 1950

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Reclining Sculptor, II (Le Repos du..., 1933

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Reclining Sculptor, II (Le Repos du..., 1933

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Le Repos du sculpteur devant le petit torse..., 1933

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Le Repos du sculpteur devant le petit torse..., 1933

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Deux Modeles Vetus (Two Dressed Models)

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Deux Modeles Vetus (Two Dressed Models)

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Modèle Contemplant un Groupe Sculpté (Model...

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Modèle Contemplant un Groupe Sculpté (Model...

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Llitographie

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Llitographie

Sale Date: October 6, 2023

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Oasis avec flûtiste et danseurs (Oasis with..., 1968

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Oasis avec flûtiste et danseurs (Oasis with..., 1968

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Scene familiale (Family Scene) (Bl. 1146,..., 1962

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Scene familiale (Family Scene) (Bl. 1146,..., 1962

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La Petite bacchanale (The Little..., 1959–1961

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La Petite bacchanale (The Little..., 1959–1961

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Portrait-Charge d'un des personnages de..., 1968

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Portrait-Charge d'un des personnages de..., 1968

Sale Date: October 25, 2023

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