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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Sujet poule (A.R. 250), 1954

Pablo Picasso

Sujet poule (A.R. 250), 1954

Sale Date: September 25, 2023

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Visage de femme (A.R. 192), 1953

Pablo Picasso

Visage de femme (A.R. 192), 1953

Sale Date: September 25, 2023

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Hibou mat (A.R. 284), 1955

Pablo Picasso

Hibou mat (A.R. 284), 1955

Sale Date: September 25, 2023

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Taureau dans l'arène (A.R. 80), 1948

Pablo Picasso

Taureau dans l'arène (A.R. 80), 1948

Sale Date: September 25, 2023

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Personnages (A.R. 355), 1956

Pablo Picasso

Personnages (A.R. 355), 1956

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Taureau, marli aux feuilles (A.R. 394), 1957

Pablo Picasso

Taureau, marli aux feuilles (A.R. 394), 1957

Sale Date: September 25, 2023

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Vase au bouquet (A.R. 302), 1956

Pablo Picasso

Vase au bouquet (A.R. 302), 1956

Sale Date: September 25, 2023

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Poisson fond roux (A.R. 169), 1952

Pablo Picasso

Poisson fond roux (A.R. 169), 1952

Sale Date: September 25, 2023

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Service visage noir (A.R. 35), 1948

Pablo Picasso

Service visage noir (A.R. 35), 1948

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Poisson de profil (A.R. 130), 1951

Pablo Picasso

Poisson de profil (A.R. 130), 1951

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Vase deux anses hautes (A.R. 141), 1952

Pablo Picasso

Vase deux anses hautes (A.R. 141), 1952

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Tête de chèvre de profil (A.R. 151), 1952

Pablo Picasso

Tête de chèvre de profil (A.R. 151), 1952

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Bouquet (A.R. 254), 1955

Pablo Picasso

Bouquet (A.R. 254), 1955

Sale Date: September 25, 2023

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Quatre poissons polychromes (A.R. 31), 1947

Pablo Picasso

Quatre poissons polychromes (A.R. 31), 1947

Sale Date: September 25, 2023

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Cruchon hibou (A.R. 293), 1955

Pablo Picasso

Cruchon hibou (A.R. 293), 1955

Sale Date: September 25, 2023

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Visage gravé, fond grège (A.R. 29), 1947

Pablo Picasso

Visage gravé, fond grège (A.R. 29), 1947

Sale Date: September 25, 2023

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Petite chouette (A.R. 83), 1949

Pablo Picasso

Petite chouette (A.R. 83), 1949

Sale Date: September 25, 2023

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Sujet poisson (A.R. 139), 1952

Pablo Picasso

Sujet poisson (A.R. 139), 1952

Sale Date: September 25, 2023

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Petit visage no. 13 (A.R. 461), 1963

Pablo Picasso

Petit visage no. 13 (A.R. 461), 1963

Sale Date: September 25, 2023

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Pichet aux arums (A.R. 189), 1953

Pablo Picasso

Pichet aux arums (A.R. 189), 1953

Sale Date: September 25, 2023

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Visage n° 179 (A.R. 490), 1963

Pablo Picasso

Visage n° 179 (A.R. 490), 1963

Sale Date: September 25, 2023

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Corrida verte (A.R. 81), 1949

Pablo Picasso

Corrida verte (A.R. 81), 1949

Sale Date: September 25, 2023

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Pase de cape (A.R. 417), 1959

Pablo Picasso

Pase de cape (A.R. 417), 1959

Sale Date: September 25, 2023

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Motifs no. 17 (A.R. 462), 1963

Pablo Picasso

Motifs no. 17 (A.R. 462), 1963

Sale Date: September 25, 2023

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