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 Sable mouvant (Quicksand), 1966

Pablo Picasso

One Plate, from Sable mouvant (Quicksand), 1966

Sale Date: August 14, 2023

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Colombe volant (à l'arc-en-ciel) (Flying..., 1952

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Colombe volant (à l'arc-en-ciel) (Flying..., 1952

Sale Date: August 14, 2023

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Teller Torros, 1952

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Teller Torros, 1952

Sale Date: April 22, 2023

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Teller Bouquet à la Pomme, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Teller Bouquet à la Pomme, 1956

Sale Date: April 22, 2023

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Suite Vollard, 1992, 1992

Pablo Picasso

Suite Vollard, 1992, 1992

Sale Date: April 22, 2023

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Untitled, 1968, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Untitled, 1968, 1968

Sale Date: April 22, 2023

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Untitled, 1967, 1967

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Untitled, 1967, 1967

Sale Date: April 22, 2023

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Un Eventail (1905-1914), 1962

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Un Eventail (1905-1914), 1962

Sale Date: April 22, 2023

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Standing nude

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Standing nude

Sale Date: April 22, 2023

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Helping Hand

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Helping Hand

Sale Date: April 22, 2023

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Teller Torros, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Teller Torros, 1952

Sale Date: April 22, 2023

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Teller Bouquet à la Pomme, 1956

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Teller Bouquet à la Pomme, 1956

Sale Date: April 22, 2023

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Gufo

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Gufo

Sale Date: April 22, 2023

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Ninfa aus der Serie Ninfe e Fauni

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Ninfa aus der Serie Ninfe e Fauni

Sale Date: April 22, 2023

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Bacco/ Furetto aus der Serie Fauni/ Furetto

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Bacco/ Furetto aus der Serie Fauni/ Furetto

Sale Date: April 22, 2023

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Le Banquet, 1925

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Le Banquet, 1925

Sale Date: February 22, 2023

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Femme au Voile, Modèle assis et Tête de..., 1934

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Femme au Voile, Modèle assis et Tête de..., 1934

Sale Date: February 22, 2023

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Visage cubiste (Tête de Faune Chevelu), 1960

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Visage cubiste (Tête de Faune Chevelu), 1960

Sale Date: February 22, 2023

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Faunes et Flore, 1960

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Faunes et Flore, 1960

Sale Date: February 22, 2023

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Plato de Toritos fritos, 1957

Pablo Picasso

Plato de Toritos fritos, 1957

Sale Date: February 22, 2023

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Marie-Thérèse agenouillée contemplant un..., 1933

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Marie-Thérèse agenouillée contemplant un..., 1933

Sale Date: February 22, 2023

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La Famille, 1961

Pablo Picasso

La Famille, 1961

Sale Date: February 22, 2023

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Figure au Corsage rayé, 1949

Pablo Picasso

Figure au Corsage rayé, 1949

Sale Date: February 22, 2023

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Hommage à René Char, 1969

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Hommage à René Char, 1969

Sale Date: February 22, 2023

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