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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Carte de voeux Galerie Madoura, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Carte de voeux Galerie Madoura, 1968

Sale Date: January 13, 2023

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Le Vieux Roi, 1959

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Le Vieux Roi, 1959

Sale Date: January 8, 2023

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Portrait de Piero Crommelynck, 1966

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Portrait de Piero Crommelynck, 1966

Sale Date: January 8, 2023

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Profile VII from

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Profile VII from "Le Gout du Bonheur", 1964

Sale Date: January 1, 2023

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Profile III from

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Profile III from "Le Gout du Bonheur", 1964

Sale Date: January 1, 2023

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Black Face Service, 1948, 1948

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Black Face Service, 1948, 1948

Sale Date: December 26, 2022

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Corrida, 1953, 1953

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Corrida, 1953, 1953

Sale Date: December 26, 2022

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Rider and Horse, J-224, Model created..., 1968–1969

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Rider and Horse, J-224, Model created..., 1968–1969

Sale Date: December 26, 2022

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Framed textile portrait, 1970–1979

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Framed textile portrait, 1970–1979

Sale Date: June 19, 2021

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Sculptural studio crafted chair, 1991

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Sculptural studio crafted chair, 1991

Sale Date: June 19, 2021

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Framed 'Visage' medallion, 1950–1959

Pablo Picasso

Framed 'Visage' medallion, 1950–1959

Sale Date: June 19, 2021

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RÉFLEXION DU VIEUX PEINTRE SUR LA FEMME

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RÉFLEXION DU VIEUX PEINTRE SUR LA FEMME

Sale Date: January 11, 2023

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JEUNE PEINTRE A SON CHEVALET, FROM LE GÔUT..., 1970

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JEUNE PEINTRE A SON CHEVALET, FROM LE GÔUT..., 1970

Sale Date: January 11, 2023

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DOVE 28.12.61, 1961

Pablo Picasso

DOVE 28.12.61, 1961

Sale Date: January 11, 2023

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JAIME SABARTÉS, 'A LOS TOROS' MIT PICASSO, 1961

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JAIME SABARTÉS, 'A LOS TOROS' MIT PICASSO, 1961

Sale Date: January 11, 2023

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CAVALIER ET SON VALET, CÉLESTINE ET MAJA'..., 1971

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CAVALIER ET SON VALET, CÉLESTINE ET MAJA'..., 1971

Sale Date: January 11, 2023

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GROSSE COURTISANE ET VIEUX BEAU FROM SERIE 347, 1968

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GROSSE COURTISANE ET VIEUX BEAU FROM SERIE 347, 1968

Sale Date: January 11, 2023

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REVERIES D'OPIUM: FUMEUR EN CALOTTE PAPLE..., 1968

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REVERIES D'OPIUM: FUMEUR EN CALOTTE PAPLE..., 1968

Sale Date: January 11, 2023

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Deux buveurs Catalans, from La Suite Vollard, 1934

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Deux buveurs Catalans, from La Suite Vollard, 1934

Sale Date: November 28, 2022

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Composition from “La Célestine”, 1968

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Composition from “La Célestine”, 1968

Sale Date: December 20, 2022

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Toros, 1960

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Toros, 1960

Sale Date: December 20, 2022

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La danse des faunes, 1957

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La danse des faunes, 1957

Sale Date: December 20, 2022

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Portrait de Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, 1957

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Portrait de Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, 1957

Sale Date: December 20, 2022

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Portrait de Frédéric Joliot-Curie, 1959

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Portrait de Frédéric Joliot-Curie, 1959

Sale Date: December 20, 2022

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