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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Face (pitcher), 1955

Pablo Picasso

Face (pitcher), 1955

Sale Date: February 4, 2023

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Venus et l'Amour (d'apres Cranach) 2eme..., 1949

Pablo Picasso

Venus et l'Amour (d'apres Cranach) 2eme..., 1949

Sale Date: February 4, 2023

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Les trois baigneuses II, 1923

Pablo Picasso

Les trois baigneuses II, 1923

Sale Date: February 4, 2023

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Femme nue debout, 1963

Pablo Picasso

Femme nue debout, 1963

Sale Date: February 4, 2023

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Faun's head (plate), 1955

Pablo Picasso

Faun's head (plate), 1955

Sale Date: February 4, 2023

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Bacchanale (by CROMMELYNCK)

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Bacchanale (by CROMMELYNCK)

Sale Date: February 4, 2023

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Wood-owl (plate), 1948

Pablo Picasso

Wood-owl (plate), 1948

Sale Date: February 4, 2023

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BETHSABÉÊ” (Bathsheba), 1966

Pablo Picasso

BETHSABÉÊ” (Bathsheba), 1966

Sale Date: February 18, 2023

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Nature morte à la fenêtre, 1932

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Nature morte à la fenêtre, 1932

Sale Date: January 26, 2023

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Pour Robie

Pablo Picasso

Pour Robie

Sale Date: January 26, 2023

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Quatre profils enlacés

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Quatre profils enlacés

Sale Date: December 6, 2022

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« Profil de taureau », modèle créé en 1956...., 1956

Pablo Picasso

« Profil de taureau », modèle créé en 1956...., 1956

Sale Date: November 23, 2022

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7 Tableaux Majeurs, 1962

Pablo Picasso

7 Tableaux Majeurs, 1962

Sale Date: December 8, 2022

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La Danse dish, 1957

Pablo Picasso

La Danse dish, 1957

Sale Date: February 2, 2023

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La Danse du Berger (Tanz der Hirten), 1959

Pablo Picasso

La Danse du Berger (Tanz der Hirten), 1959

Sale Date: January 3, 2023

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La danse des banderilles, 1973

Pablo Picasso

La danse des banderilles, 1973

Sale Date: January 26, 2023

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LE REPOS DU SCULPTEUR ET LA SCULPTURE..., 1933

Pablo Picasso

LE REPOS DU SCULPTEUR ET LA SCULPTURE..., 1933

Sale Date: January 21, 2023

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Collection of five tiles, 1971

Pablo Picasso

Collection of five tiles, 1971

Sale Date: January 20, 2023

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Hibou marron noir vase, 1951

Pablo Picasso

Hibou marron noir vase, 1951

Sale Date: January 20, 2023

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Untitled (7.12.66 I), 1966

Pablo Picasso

Untitled (7.12.66 I), 1966

Sale Date: January 24, 2023

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Le vieux roi, 1959

Pablo Picasso

Le vieux roi, 1959

Sale Date: December 8, 2022

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Bird on a Branch (Alain Ramié 175), 1952, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Bird on a Branch (Alain Ramié 175), 1952, 1952

Sale Date: January 19, 2023

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Fish Subject (Alain Ramié 139), 1952, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Fish Subject (Alain Ramié 139), 1952, 1952

Sale Date: January 19, 2023

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Sueño y mentira de Franco (Bloch 297-298,..., 1937

Pablo Picasso

Sueño y mentira de Franco (Bloch 297-298,..., 1937

Sale Date: January 19, 2023

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