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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ALEX MAGUY, GALÉRIE DE L'ELYSÉE (BLOCH 1298; , 1962

Pablo Picasso

ALEX MAGUY, GALÉRIE DE L'ELYSÉE (BLOCH 1298; , 1962

Sale Date: September 12, 2023

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LE VIEUX ROI (BLOCH 869; MOURLOT 317), 1959

Pablo Picasso

LE VIEUX ROI (BLOCH 869; MOURLOT 317), 1959

Sale Date: September 12, 2023

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Les Saltimbanques, 1958

Pablo Picasso

Les Saltimbanques, 1958

Sale Date: September 10, 2023

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Les deux tourterelles II, 1946

Pablo Picasso

Les deux tourterelles II, 1946

Sale Date: September 10, 2023

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“Mains au Poisson”, 1953

Pablo Picasso

“Mains au Poisson”, 1953

Sale Date: September 20, 2023

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“Francoise”, 1946

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“Francoise”, 1946

Sale Date: September 20, 2023

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“Pichet aux oiseaux”, 1962

Pablo Picasso

“Pichet aux oiseaux”, 1962

Sale Date: September 20, 2023

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“Quatre profils en lacés”, 1949

Pablo Picasso

“Quatre profils en lacés”, 1949

Sale Date: September 20, 2023

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"Femme et enfant" (1923), 1923

Sale Date: March 25, 2023

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"Motifs nº 45", 1963

Sale Date: May 25, 2023

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IMAGINARY PORTRAITS

Pablo Picasso

IMAGINARY PORTRAITS

Sale Date: September 23, 2023

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Face in an oval (AR.273), 1955

Pablo Picasso

Face in an oval (AR.273), 1955

Sale Date: September 23, 2023

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BIRD WITH WORM (AR.172), 1952

Pablo Picasso

BIRD WITH WORM (AR.172), 1952

Sale Date: September 23, 2023

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IMAGINARY PORTRAITS

Pablo Picasso

IMAGINARY PORTRAITS

Sale Date: September 23, 2023

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IMAGINARY PORTRAITS

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IMAGINARY PORTRAITS

Sale Date: September 23, 2023

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CHOUETTE / WOOD-OWL (AR.602), 1969

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CHOUETTE / WOOD-OWL (AR.602), 1969

Sale Date: September 23, 2023

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Trois acteurs (三人の俳優), 1933

Pablo Picasso

Trois acteurs (三人の俳優), 1933

Sale Date: September 2, 2023

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DIBUJO Y DEDICATORIA EN PÁGINA DE CATÁLOGO O , 1958

Pablo Picasso

DIBUJO Y DEDICATORIA EN PÁGINA DE CATÁLOGO O , 1958

Sale Date: June 21, 2023

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Oiseau avec touffe ashtray, 1952

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Oiseau avec touffe ashtray, 1952

Sale Date: September 7, 2023

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Madoura, 1961

Pablo Picasso

Madoura, 1961

Sale Date: September 7, 2023

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Au cirque. Écuyère se chaussant dans les..., 1971

Pablo Picasso

Au cirque. Écuyère se chaussant dans les..., 1971

Sale Date: September 7, 2023

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Harlequin

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Harlequin

Sale Date: September 13, 2023

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Gold La Femmè a la Fenêtre Pendant / Medallion,...

After Pablo Picasso

Gold La Femmè a la Fenêtre Pendant / Medallion,...

Sale Date: September 9, 2023

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Tormented Faun's face (plate), 1956

Pablo Picasso

Tormented Faun's face (plate), 1956

Sale Date: September 7, 2023

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