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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Caricature, For

Pablo Picasso

Caricature, For "Pierres," 1958

Sale Date: February 28, 2023

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Nu, From Pierre Andre Benoit,

Pablo Picasso

Nu, From Pierre Andre Benoit, "Toute La Vie,"...

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Jacqueline au bandeau de face (Grand tête de , 1962

Pablo Picasso

Jacqueline au bandeau de face (Grand tête de , 1962

Sale Date: February 15, 2023

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Vive la paix, 1954

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Vive la paix, 1954

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La guerre et la paix, 1954

Pablo Picasso

La guerre et la paix, 1954

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L'arrivée du chevalier, 1951

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L'arrivée du chevalier, 1951

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Quatre portefaix apportant à un gentilhomme..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Quatre portefaix apportant à un gentilhomme..., 1968

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TÊTE DE BOUFFON

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TÊTE DE BOUFFON

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FRÉDÉRIC JOLIOT-CURIE (CZWIKLITZER 138)

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FRÉDÉRIC JOLIOT-CURIE (CZWIKLITZER 138)

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from IMAGINARY PORTRAITS

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from IMAGINARY PORTRAITS

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Toros Vallauris 1958, 1958

Pablo Picasso

Toros Vallauris 1958, 1958

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Maternite by Jacques VILLON, 1930

Pablo Picasso

Maternite by Jacques VILLON, 1930

Sale Date: February 17, 2023

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Woman's face (porcelain), 1971

Pablo Picasso

Woman's face (porcelain), 1971

Sale Date: February 17, 2023

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Portrait de Pierre Crommelynck II (B. 1378;..., 1966

Pablo Picasso

Portrait de Pierre Crommelynck II (B. 1378;..., 1966

Sale Date: February 15, 2023

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Peintre au travail avec modèle barbu (Bl...., 1963

Pablo Picasso

Peintre au travail avec modèle barbu (Bl...., 1963

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Trois femmes passant le temps, avec..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Trois femmes passant le temps, avec..., 1968

Sale Date: February 15, 2023

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Don Quixote

Pablo Picasso

Don Quixote

Sale Date: February 7, 2023

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Visage aux quatre visages, 1971

Pablo Picasso

Visage aux quatre visages, 1971

Sale Date: September 29, 2022

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Venus et l'amour, dans le style 'Bon Sauvage',...

Pablo Picasso

Venus et l'amour, dans le style 'Bon Sauvage',...

Sale Date: September 29, 2022

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d’après Picasso linogravures, 1962

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d’après Picasso linogravures, 1962

Sale Date: December 16, 2022

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Femme au lorgnon, 1966

Pablo Picasso

Femme au lorgnon, 1966

Sale Date: December 16, 2022

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“La danse des Faunes”, 1957

Pablo Picasso

“La danse des Faunes”, 1957

Sale Date: February 7, 2023

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Portrait de Nusch Eluard.

Pablo Picasso

Portrait de Nusch Eluard.

Sale Date: February 3, 2023

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La Barre d'appui (quatre sujets pour), 1936

Pablo Picasso

La Barre d'appui (quatre sujets pour), 1936

Sale Date: February 3, 2023

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