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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Two plates from Portraits Imaginaires, 1969

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Two plates from Portraits Imaginaires, 1969

Sale Date: September 21, 2023

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Exposition Céramique, Vallauris, 1959

Pablo Picasso

Exposition Céramique, Vallauris, 1959

Sale Date: September 21, 2023

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Jeune sculpteur devant un buste de..., 1934

Pablo Picasso

Jeune sculpteur devant un buste de..., 1934

Sale Date: September 21, 2023

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Profil de Jacqueline, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Profil de Jacqueline, 1956

Sale Date: September 21, 2023

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Têtes, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Têtes, 1956

Sale Date: September 21, 2023

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Le Repos du sculpteur II (from La Suite..., 1933

Pablo Picasso

Le Repos du sculpteur II (from La Suite..., 1933

Sale Date: September 21, 2023

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Profil de Jacqueline, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Profil de Jacqueline, 1956

Sale Date: September 21, 2023

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Hibou brillant, 1955

Pablo Picasso

Hibou brillant, 1955

Sale Date: September 21, 2023

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Jacqueline, 1960–1965

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Jacqueline, 1960–1965

Sale Date: September 13, 2023

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Nature morte à la pipe (2), 1962

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Nature morte à la pipe (2), 1962

Sale Date: September 10, 2023

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Célestine présentant ses deux pensionnaires..., 1971

Pablo Picasso

Célestine présentant ses deux pensionnaires..., 1971

Sale Date: September 10, 2023

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L’Homme au chapeau, 1947

Pablo Picasso

L’Homme au chapeau, 1947

Sale Date: September 10, 2023

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“Le vieux roi”, 1959 (6–1-59), 1959

Pablo Picasso

“Le vieux roi”, 1959 (6–1-59), 1959

Sale Date: September 20, 2023

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“Oiseau au soleil”, 1952

Pablo Picasso

“Oiseau au soleil”, 1952

Sale Date: September 20, 2023

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Picador

Pablo Picasso

Picador

Sale Date: September 14, 2023

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Pichet Picador

Pablo Picasso

Pichet Picador" (A.R 162)

Sale Date: September 14, 2023

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Paysage

Pablo Picasso

Paysage" (A.R. 204)

Sale Date: September 14, 2023

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Le Vieux Roi, 1959

Pablo Picasso

Le Vieux Roi, 1959

Sale Date: September 14, 2023

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Suerte de Varas (Aus: La Tauromaquia o Arte..., 1957

Pablo Picasso

Suerte de Varas (Aus: La Tauromaquia o Arte..., 1957

Sale Date: September 14, 2023

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Los Cabestros retiran al Toro Manso (Aus: La , 1957

Pablo Picasso

Los Cabestros retiran al Toro Manso (Aus: La , 1957

Sale Date: September 14, 2023

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Clavando un par de banderillas (Aus: La..., 1957

Pablo Picasso

Clavando un par de banderillas (Aus: La..., 1957

Sale Date: September 14, 2023

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Aus: Service Visage Noir, 1948

Pablo Picasso

Aus: Service Visage Noir, 1948

Sale Date: September 14, 2023

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TÊTE DE BOUFFON, 1964

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TÊTE DE BOUFFON, 1964

Sale Date: September 12, 2023

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COTE D'AZUR (CZWIKLITZER 177), 1962

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COTE D'AZUR (CZWIKLITZER 177), 1962

Sale Date: September 12, 2023

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