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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Saltimbanco seduto con ragazzo, from Picasso , 1955

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Saltimbanco seduto con ragazzo, from Picasso , 1955

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Seized Handled Pitcher, 1953

Pablo Picasso

Seized Handled Pitcher, 1953

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Sans Titre

Sale Date: September 25, 2023

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Belle jeune femme à sa toilette (Bloch 1998), 1971

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Belle jeune femme à sa toilette (Bloch 1998), 1971

Sale Date: October 3, 2023

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Four Works from La Comedie Humaine, 1954

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Four Works from La Comedie Humaine, 1954

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Deux Femmes II, 1965

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Deux Femmes II, 1965

Sale Date: October 3, 2023

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Le Cirque, 1945

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Le Cirque, 1945

Sale Date: October 3, 2023

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Dans L'Atelier, 1963

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Dans L'Atelier, 1963

Sale Date: October 3, 2023

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Corrida au Soleil noir, 1949

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Corrida au Soleil noir, 1949

Sale Date: October 3, 2023

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Deux Femmes Régardant un Modèle Nu, 1922–1923

Pablo Picasso

Deux Femmes Régardant un Modèle Nu, 1922–1923

Sale Date: October 3, 2023

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Fumeur au maillot rayé gris et bleu (Smoker..., 1964

Pablo Picasso

Fumeur au maillot rayé gris et bleu (Smoker..., 1964

Sale Date: October 3, 2023

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Vieil Homme et Femme, plate 137, from Séries , 1971

Pablo Picasso

Vieil Homme et Femme, plate 137, from Séries , 1971

Sale Date: October 3, 2023

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Peintre au sabot et au chausson avec..., 1971

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Peintre au sabot et au chausson avec..., 1971

Sale Date: October 3, 2023

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Grosse Prostituée, Sorcière à la Chouette et , 1968

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Grosse Prostituée, Sorcière à la Chouette et , 1968

Sale Date: October 3, 2023

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A Group of 3 Etchings, 1966

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A Group of 3 Etchings, 1966

Sale Date: October 3, 2023

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One plate, from Les Portraits Imaginaires, 1969

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One plate, from Les Portraits Imaginaires, 1969

Sale Date: October 3, 2023

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Face with leaves, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Face with leaves, 1956

Sale Date: October 3, 2023

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Jacqueline's profile, 1956

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Jacqueline's profile, 1956

Sale Date: October 3, 2023

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Head Pitcher, 1953

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Head Pitcher, 1953

Sale Date: October 3, 2023

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White ground fish, 1952

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White ground fish, 1952

Sale Date: October 3, 2023

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Painted Face, 1953

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Painted Face, 1953

Sale Date: October 3, 2023

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La Faune, 1958

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La Faune, 1958

Sale Date: October 3, 2023

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Head with Mask, 1956

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Head with Mask, 1956

Sale Date: October 3, 2023

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Mes Dessins D'Antibes 16, 1958

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Mes Dessins D'Antibes 16, 1958

Sale Date: October 3, 2023

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