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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Untitled, 1971

Pablo Picasso

Untitled, 1971

Sale Date: June 11, 2023

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POISSON CHINÉ (A.R. 170), 1952

Pablo Picasso

POISSON CHINÉ (A.R. 170), 1952

Sale Date: June 6, 2023

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Guitare et compotier sur une table carrée, 1922

Pablo Picasso

Guitare et compotier sur une table carrée, 1922

Sale Date: June 8, 2023

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La Serrure pile carpet, 1950

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La Serrure pile carpet, 1950

Sale Date: April 28, 2023

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Oiseau avec touffe ashtray, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Oiseau avec touffe ashtray, 1952

Sale Date: June 1, 2023

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Picasso Ceramics and White Pottery..., 1958

Pablo Picasso

Picasso Ceramics and White Pottery..., 1958

Sale Date: June 1, 2023

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Toros plate, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Toros plate, 1952

Sale Date: June 1, 2023

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Le clown et l'harlequin, 1971

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Le clown et l'harlequin, 1971

Sale Date: June 1, 2023

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La Pose Nue, 1954

Pablo Picasso

La Pose Nue, 1954

Sale Date: June 22, 2023

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40 Dessins de Picasso en marge du..., 1939–1957

Pablo Picasso

40 Dessins de Picasso en marge du..., 1939–1957

Sale Date: June 22, 2023

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Visage de femme, 1953

Pablo Picasso

Visage de femme, 1953

Sale Date: June 22, 2023

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Face, 1955

Pablo Picasso

Face, 1955

Sale Date: June 22, 2023

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Vase aux Chèvres, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Vase aux Chèvres, 1952

Sale Date: June 22, 2023

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Visage aux traits en X, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Visage aux traits en X, 1968

Sale Date: June 22, 2023

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Picador, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Picador, 1952

Sale Date: June 22, 2023

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Autour Du Bain Turc, Avec Un Petit Intrus, 1970

Pablo Picasso

Autour Du Bain Turc, Avec Un Petit Intrus, 1970

Sale Date: June 22, 2023

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Mains au poisson, 1953

Pablo Picasso

Mains au poisson, 1953

Sale Date: June 22, 2023

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Visage et Hibou, 1958

Pablo Picasso

Visage et Hibou, 1958

Sale Date: June 22, 2023

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Pichet au Vase, 1954

Pablo Picasso

Pichet au Vase, 1954

Sale Date: June 22, 2023

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Visage, 1969

Pablo Picasso

Visage, 1969

Sale Date: June 22, 2023

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Salomé, 1905

Pablo Picasso

Salomé, 1905

Sale Date: June 22, 2023

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Visage, 1955

Pablo Picasso

Visage, 1955

Sale Date: June 22, 2023

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Sculpteurs et trois danseuses sculptées, 1934

Pablo Picasso

Sculpteurs et trois danseuses sculptées, 1934

Sale Date: June 22, 2023

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A Limited Edition Picasso Rug

Pablo Picasso

A Limited Edition Picasso Rug

Sale Date: May 28, 2023

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