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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Le Repos du Sculpteur IV, from La Suite..., 1933

Pablo Picasso

Le Repos du Sculpteur IV, from La Suite..., 1933

Sale Date: October 12, 2023

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Imaginary Portrait, 1969

After Pablo Picasso

Imaginary Portrait, 1969

Sale Date: October 17, 2023

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Visage Gravé Sur Fond Grège, 1947

Pablo Picasso

Visage Gravé Sur Fond Grège, 1947

Sale Date: October 12, 2023

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Méléagre tue le sanglier de Calydon, 1930–1931

Pablo Picasso

Méléagre tue le sanglier de Calydon, 1930–1931

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Têtes, 1930–1931

Pablo Picasso

Têtes, 1930–1931

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Galerie 65 Cannes, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Galerie 65 Cannes, 1956

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Visage, 1965

Pablo Picasso

Visage, 1965

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Portrait de Jacqueline, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Portrait de Jacqueline, 1956

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Portrait de D.-H. Kahnweiler I, 1957

Pablo Picasso

Portrait de D.-H. Kahnweiler I, 1957

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L'Étreinte, 1963

Pablo Picasso

L'Étreinte, 1963

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Clown Acrobat and Horse, from Verve 29-30..., 1958

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Clown Acrobat and Horse, from Verve 29-30..., 1958

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Portrait de Mlle Dora Maar, 1960

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Portrait de Mlle Dora Maar, 1960

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Portrait of Frédéric Joliot-Curie, 1959

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Portrait of Frédéric Joliot-Curie, 1959

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Nature Morte Aux Poires Et Au Pichet, 1960

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Nature Morte Aux Poires Et Au Pichet, 1960

Sale Date: October 12, 2023

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Amnistia, 1959

After Pablo Picasso

Amnistia, 1959

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Artist and Model, from Verve 29-30 Suite de..., 1958

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Artist and Model, from Verve 29-30 Suite de..., 1958

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La Grande Maternité, 1973

After Pablo Picasso

La Grande Maternité, 1973

Sale Date: October 12, 2023

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Dans L'Atelier, from Verve 29-30 Suite de..., 1958

After Pablo Picasso

Dans L'Atelier, from Verve 29-30 Suite de..., 1958

Sale Date: October 12, 2023

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Tête d'Homme (Hommage à René Char), 1969

After Pablo Picasso

Tête d'Homme (Hommage à René Char), 1969

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Ronde de la Jeunesse, 1961

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Ronde de la Jeunesse, 1961

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Bethsabé, 1960

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Bethsabé, 1960

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La Ronde de la Jeunesse, 1961

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La Ronde de la Jeunesse, 1961

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Colombe au Soleil, 1962

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Colombe au Soleil, 1962

Sale Date: October 12, 2023

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Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Madoura

Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Madoura "Chouette..., 1958

Sale Date: October 11, 2023

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