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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A Los Toros avec Picasso by Jaime Sabartés..., 1961

Pablo Picasso

A Los Toros avec Picasso by Jaime Sabartés..., 1961

Sale Date: January 19, 2023

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Catalogue Cover (Bloch 837, Mourlot 298,..., 1957

Pablo Picasso

Catalogue Cover (Bloch 837, Mourlot 298,..., 1957

Sale Date: January 19, 2023

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Untitled, from Imaginary Portraits, 1969, 1969

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Untitled, from Imaginary Portraits, 1969, 1969

Sale Date: January 19, 2023

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Raphaël et la Fornarina XI: Le Pape est..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Raphaël et la Fornarina XI: Le Pape est..., 1968

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Bouteille verre et cartes (Botella de..., 1962

Pablo Picasso

Bouteille verre et cartes (Botella de..., 1962

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Retrato de Cristo, 1961, 1961

Pablo Picasso

Retrato de Cristo, 1961, 1961

Sale Date: January 19, 2023

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Homme à la Pipe assis, Maja et Célestine, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Homme à la Pipe assis, Maja et Célestine, 1968

Sale Date: January 19, 2023

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Carnaval, 1966

Pablo Picasso

Carnaval, 1966

Sale Date: January 19, 2023

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Vieil homme drapé, Célestine et fille, 1971

Pablo Picasso

Vieil homme drapé, Célestine et fille, 1971

Sale Date: January 19, 2023

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Visiteur au Nez Bourbonien chez la Célestine, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Visiteur au Nez Bourbonien chez la Célestine, 1968

Sale Date: January 19, 2023

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Le Vieu Roi (Bloch 869; Mourlot 317)

Pablo Picasso

Le Vieu Roi (Bloch 869; Mourlot 317)

Sale Date: January 18, 2023

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Ur

Pablo Picasso

Ur "Series 156"

Sale Date: January 18, 2023

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8 Fevrier 1964 : Sable Mouvant, 1964

Pablo Picasso

8 Fevrier 1964 : Sable Mouvant, 1964

Sale Date: November 8, 2022

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Nature morte à la guitare et partition, 1920

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Nature morte à la guitare et partition, 1920

Sale Date: December 9, 2022

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Les Bleus de Barcelone, 1963

Pablo Picasso

Les Bleus de Barcelone, 1963

Sale Date: December 9, 2022

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PICHET tourné ‘petite chouette’, 1949

Pablo Picasso

PICHET tourné ‘petite chouette’, 1949

Sale Date: December 9, 2022

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Picasso à l'oeuvre. Zurich: Manesse, 1965, 1965

Pablo Picasso

Picasso à l'oeuvre. Zurich: Manesse, 1965, 1965

Sale Date: November 21, 2022

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Sueño y Mentira de Franco. [Paris : Roger..., 1937

Pablo Picasso

Sueño y Mentira de Franco. [Paris : Roger..., 1937

Sale Date: November 21, 2022

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Les Dames de Mougins. Texte de Hélène..., 1964

Pablo Picasso

Les Dames de Mougins. Texte de Hélène..., 1964

Sale Date: November 21, 2022

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Le Chef-d'oeuvre inconnu. Paris : Ambroise..., 1931

Pablo Picasso

Le Chef-d'oeuvre inconnu. Paris : Ambroise..., 1931

Sale Date: November 21, 2022

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El entierro del Conde de Orgaz. Ilustrado..., 1969

Pablo Picasso

El entierro del Conde de Orgaz. Ilustrado..., 1969

Sale Date: November 21, 2022

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Sable Mouvant. Paris : Louis Broder, 1966., 1966

Pablo Picasso

Sable Mouvant. Paris : Louis Broder, 1966., 1966

Sale Date: November 21, 2022

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PABLO PICASSO,

Pablo Picasso

PABLO PICASSO, " VISAGE DE FEMME

Sale Date: December 8, 2022

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Chouetton

Pablo Picasso

Chouetton

Sale Date: November 21, 2022

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