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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Pitcher with Vase, 1954

Pablo Picasso

Pitcher with Vase, 1954

Sale Date: June 6, 2023

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4 Pablo Picasso Tiles, Madoura (A.R. 613,..., 1971

Pablo Picasso

4 Pablo Picasso Tiles, Madoura (A.R. 613,..., 1971

Sale Date: May 20, 2023

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Pablo Picasso PERSONNAGES… Plaque, Madoura..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso PERSONNAGES… Plaque, Madoura..., 1968

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Pablo Picasso VISAGE Plate, Madoura (A.R. 409), 1959

Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso VISAGE Plate, Madoura (A.R. 409), 1959

Sale Date: May 20, 2023

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Pablo Picasso PICHET TETES Pitcher, Madoura..., 1956

Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso PICHET TETES Pitcher, Madoura..., 1956

Sale Date: May 20, 2023

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Pablo Picasso DIAULOS JOUER Plate, Madoura..., 1947

Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso DIAULOS JOUER Plate, Madoura..., 1947

Sale Date: May 20, 2023

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Large Pablo Picasso VISAGE DE FEMME Pitcher, , 1953

Pablo Picasso

Large Pablo Picasso VISAGE DE FEMME Pitcher, , 1953

Sale Date: May 20, 2023

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Large Pablo Picasso FEMMES FLEURS Pitcher,..., 1948

Pablo Picasso

Large Pablo Picasso FEMMES FLEURS Pitcher,..., 1948

Sale Date: May 20, 2023

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Le Viol Sous La Fenetre, (Rape Beneath the Window)

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Le Viol Sous La Fenetre, (Rape Beneath the Window)

Sale Date: May 23, 2023

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Picasso's Sketchbook: A Limited Edition In...

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Picasso's Sketchbook: A Limited Edition In...

Sale Date: May 19, 2023

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Taureau et Cheval, from:

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Taureau et Cheval, from: "Le..., 1927–1931

Sale Date: May 17, 2023

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Le repos du sculpteur devant un nu à la..., 1933

Pablo Picasso

Le repos du sculpteur devant un nu à la..., 1933

Sale Date: May 17, 2023

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Le modèle, 1965

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Le modèle, 1965

Sale Date: May 17, 2023

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Le Danseur, 1965

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Le Danseur, 1965

Sale Date: May 17, 2023

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Les Mains liées II (Bound hands II), 1952

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Les Mains liées II (Bound hands II), 1952

Sale Date: May 17, 2023

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Deux Sculpteurs devant une Statue from

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Deux Sculpteurs devant une Statue from "La..., 1931

Sale Date: May 17, 2023

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Portrait de famille III (Six Personnages), 1962

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Portrait de famille III (Six Personnages), 1962

Sale Date: May 17, 2023

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Dans latelier

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Dans latelier", 1963

Sale Date: May 17, 2023

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Buste dhomme

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Buste dhomme", from "La Suite des..., 1905–1913

Sale Date: May 17, 2023

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Buste de femme, 1971

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Buste de femme, 1971

Sale Date: June 5, 2023

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Jacqueline lisant, 1957

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Jacqueline lisant, 1957

Sale Date: June 7, 2023

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Flûtiste et trois femmes nues, 1932

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Flûtiste et trois femmes nues, 1932

Sale Date: June 7, 2023

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Peintre et sa toile (Le Peintre à la palette), 1963

Pablo Picasso

Peintre et sa toile (Le Peintre à la palette), 1963

Sale Date: June 7, 2023

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Poisson fond noir, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Poisson fond noir, 1952

Sale Date: June 7, 2023

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