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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Les Trois Baigneuses, II (The Three..., 1922–1923

Pablo Picasso

Les Trois Baigneuses, II (The Three..., 1922–1923

Sale Date: May 9, 2023

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Danse nocturne avec un hibou (Noctural Dance , 1959

Pablo Picasso

Danse nocturne avec un hibou (Noctural Dance , 1959

Sale Date: May 9, 2023

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Two-Handled Pitcher, 1950

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Two-Handled Pitcher, 1950

Sale Date: May 17, 2023

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Tete de Femme, 1960

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Tete de Femme, 1960

Sale Date: May 9, 2023

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Egyptian, 1953

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Egyptian, 1953

Sale Date: May 9, 2023

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Lovers of The Street

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Lovers of The Street

Sale Date: May 9, 2023

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PICADOR, 1952, 1952

Pablo Picasso

PICADOR, 1952, 1952

Sale Date: April 26, 2023

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Profil de Jacqueline (A.R. 383), 1956

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Profil de Jacqueline (A.R. 383), 1956

Sale Date: April 27, 2023

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Profil de Jacqueline (A.R. 385), 1956

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Profil de Jacqueline (A.R. 385), 1956

Sale Date: April 27, 2023

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Visage (A.R. 290), 1955

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Visage (A.R. 290), 1955

Sale Date: April 27, 2023

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COCK (LIMOGES CERAMICS), 1964

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COCK (LIMOGES CERAMICS), 1964

Sale Date: May 12, 2023

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CORRIDA, 1971

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CORRIDA, 1971

Sale Date: May 12, 2023

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Visage de femme, 1953 (A.R. 220), 1953

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Visage de femme, 1953 (A.R. 220), 1953

Sale Date: June 8, 2023

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Femme vue de dos, 1956

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Femme vue de dos, 1956

Sale Date: May 11, 2023

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Le Repas du Sculpteur IV, 1933

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Le Repas du Sculpteur IV, 1933

Sale Date: May 11, 2023

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Ella Fitzgerald, 1970

Pablo Picasso

Ella Fitzgerald, 1970

Sale Date: May 11, 2023

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Le Repos de Sculpteur devant une Baccanale..., 1933

Pablo Picasso

Le Repos de Sculpteur devant une Baccanale..., 1933

Sale Date: May 11, 2023

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Galerie 65 Cannes Picasso 1956, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Galerie 65 Cannes Picasso 1956, 1956

Sale Date: May 11, 2023

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Sixième Biennale de Peinture Menton 1966, 1966

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Sixième Biennale de Peinture Menton 1966, 1966

Sale Date: May 11, 2023

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Suite Vollard 1930-1937, 1930–1937

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Suite Vollard 1930-1937, 1930–1937

Sale Date: April 19, 2023

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Platte, 1947

Pablo Picasso

Platte, 1947

Sale Date: May 12, 2023

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60 years of graphic works, 1966

Pablo Picasso

60 years of graphic works, 1966

Sale Date: May 6, 2023

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Le Harlequin, 1971

Pablo Picasso

Le Harlequin, 1971

Sale Date: May 6, 2023

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Deux arbres et un puits. IV, 1951

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Deux arbres et un puits. IV, 1951

Sale Date: May 18, 2023

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