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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Le picador II (The Bullfighter II), from A..., 1961

Pablo Picasso

Le picador II (The Bullfighter II), from A..., 1961

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Jeune femme tirant la moustache d'un..., 1968

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Jeune femme tirant la moustache d'un..., 1968

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La bonne aventure, avec un curieux simiesque , 1970

Pablo Picasso

La bonne aventure, avec un curieux simiesque , 1970

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Raphaël et la Fornarina XVI: le pape est..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Raphaël et la Fornarina XVI: le pape est..., 1968

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Couple faisant l'amour (Couple Making Love), , 1933

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Couple faisant l'amour (Couple Making Love), , 1933

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Femme nue se couronnant de fleurs (Nude with , 1930

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Femme nue se couronnant de fleurs (Nude with , 1930

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Le départ (The Departure) (Bl. 686, M. 201,..., 1951

Pablo Picasso

Le départ (The Departure) (Bl. 686, M. 201,..., 1951

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Portrait de jeune fille (Portrait of a Young , 1949

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Portrait de jeune fille (Portrait of a Young , 1949

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

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

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Le viol (The Rape), plate 9 from La Suite..., 1931

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Le viol (The Rape), plate 9 from La Suite..., 1931

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Tête de faune (Head of a Faun), 1960

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Tête de faune (Head of a Faun), 1960

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Carmen (Bl. 531-568, Ba. 797-838), 1949

Pablo Picasso

Carmen (Bl. 531-568, Ba. 797-838), 1949

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Filles entre elles, la sous-maîtresse (The..., 1971

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Filles entre elles, la sous-maîtresse (The..., 1971

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Jeune femme et mousquetaire, planche 272 de la...

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Jeune femme et mousquetaire, planche 272 de la...

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Grande tête de femme au chapeau (Large Head..., 1962

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Grande tête de femme au chapeau (Large Head..., 1962

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Hommage à Bacchus (Homage to Bacchus) (Bl...., 1960

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Hommage à Bacchus (Homage to Bacchus) (Bl...., 1960

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Sculpteur et son autoportrait sculpté..., 1933

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Sculpteur et son autoportrait sculpté..., 1933

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Figure (Bl. 580, M. 129, R. 390), 1948

Pablo Picasso

Figure (Bl. 580, M. 129, R. 390), 1948

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Le crapaud (The Toad) (Bl. 585, M. 144, R...., 1949

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Le crapaud (The Toad) (Bl. 585, M. 144, R...., 1949

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Figure (Bl. 579, M. 128, R. 389), 1948

Pablo Picasso

Figure (Bl. 579, M. 128, R. 389), 1948

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“Pique (Noir et Beige)”, 1959

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“Pique (Noir et Beige)”, 1959

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“Vénus et l'amour” (3rd variation), 1949

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“Vénus et l'amour” (3rd variation), 1949

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“Visage au trait oblique”, 1968

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“Visage au trait oblique”, 1968

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Tête d'homme, 1912

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Tête d'homme, 1912

Sale Date: June 21, 2023

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