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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One plate, from Les Portraits Imaginaires, 1969

Pablo Picasso

One plate, from Les Portraits Imaginaires, 1969

Sale Date: September 20, 2023

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Untitled, pl. 68 (from Series 156), 1971

Pablo Picasso

Untitled, pl. 68 (from Series 156), 1971

Sale Date: September 20, 2023

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«Visage» Pichet tourné, 1955

Pablo Picasso

«Visage» Pichet tourné, 1955

Sale Date: September 19, 2023

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Colombe - Moscou 1957, 1957

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Colombe - Moscou 1957, 1957

Sale Date: September 14, 2023

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Femme en Rouge sur Fauteuil, 1949

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Femme en Rouge sur Fauteuil, 1949

Sale Date: September 14, 2023

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La Couple, 1930

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La Couple, 1930

Sale Date: September 14, 2023

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Hommage a la Nymphe, 1956

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Hommage a la Nymphe, 1956

Sale Date: September 14, 2023

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Visage no. 157 (A. R. 489), 1963

Pablo Picasso

Visage no. 157 (A. R. 489), 1963

Sale Date: September 29, 2023

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“Le vieux roi”, 1959

Pablo Picasso

“Le vieux roi”, 1959

Sale Date: September 20, 2023

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JOUEUR DE FLÛTE, 1951

Pablo Picasso

JOUEUR DE FLÛTE, 1951

Sale Date: September 19, 2023

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Femme au fauteuil (Woman in Armchair), from..., 1922

Pablo Picasso

Femme au fauteuil (Woman in Armchair), from..., 1922

Sale Date: September 22, 2023

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Jeune prostituée et vieillard aux yeux..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Jeune prostituée et vieillard aux yeux..., 1968

Sale Date: September 22, 2023

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Portraits imaginaire (Imaginary Portraits):..., 1969

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Portraits imaginaire (Imaginary Portraits):..., 1969

Sale Date: September 22, 2023

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Portraits imaginaire (Imaginary Portraits):..., 1969

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Portraits imaginaire (Imaginary Portraits):..., 1969

Sale Date: September 22, 2023

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Vieux sculpteur Grec avec modèle, vase aux..., 1933

Pablo Picasso

Vieux sculpteur Grec avec modèle, vase aux..., 1933

Sale Date: September 21, 2023

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Faunes et chèvre (Fauns and Goat) (Bl. 934,..., 1959

Pablo Picasso

Faunes et chèvre (Fauns and Goat) (Bl. 934,..., 1959

Sale Date: September 21, 2023

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Marie-Thérèse agenouillée contemplant un..., 1933

Pablo Picasso

Marie-Thérèse agenouillée contemplant un..., 1933

Sale Date: September 21, 2023

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Sculpteur travaillant sur le motif avec..., 1933

Pablo Picasso

Sculpteur travaillant sur le motif avec..., 1933

Sale Date: September 21, 2023

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Le modèle et deux personnages (Model and Two , 1954

Pablo Picasso

Le modèle et deux personnages (Model and Two , 1954

Sale Date: September 21, 2023

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Buste de jeune femme (Bust of a Young Woman) , 1949

Pablo Picasso

Buste de jeune femme (Bust of a Young Woman) , 1949

Sale Date: September 21, 2023

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Tête d'homme, 1969

Pablo Picasso

Tête d'homme, 1969

Sale Date: September 23, 2023

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Visage no. 202, 1963

Pablo Picasso

Visage no. 202, 1963

Sale Date: September 21, 2023

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Le vieux roi, 1959

Pablo Picasso

Le vieux roi, 1959

Sale Date: September 21, 2023

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Buste de Femme avec Fichu, 1939

Pablo Picasso

Buste de Femme avec Fichu, 1939

Sale Date: September 21, 2023

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