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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Visage (A.R. 611), 1969

Pablo Picasso

Visage (A.R. 611), 1969

Sale Date: November 23, 2022

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Visage n° 189 (A.R. 491), 1963

Pablo Picasso

Visage n° 189 (A.R. 491), 1963

Sale Date: November 23, 2022

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Arlequin, 1990

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Arlequin, 1990

Sale Date: November 29, 2022

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Scène de Tauromachie, 1959

Pablo Picasso

Scène de Tauromachie, 1959

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Lampe femme, 1955

Pablo Picasso

Lampe femme, 1955

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Danseuse tâchant de séduire … - 11 mai 1970, 1970

Pablo Picasso

Danseuse tâchant de séduire … - 11 mai 1970, 1970

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Corrida, 1953

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Corrida, 1953

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Chouetton, 1952

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Chouetton, 1952

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Le barbu, 1953

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Le barbu, 1953

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Vieil homme concupiscent …, 1970

Pablo Picasso

Vieil homme concupiscent …, 1970

Sale Date: November 29, 2022

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Dressage au cirque avec, au premier plan,..., 1970

Pablo Picasso

Dressage au cirque avec, au premier plan,..., 1970

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Nu couché, 1934

Pablo Picasso

Nu couché, 1934

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Carmen., 1949

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Carmen., 1949

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“Le Vieux Roi”, 1959

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“Le Vieux Roi”, 1959

Sale Date: November 22, 2022

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Visage no. 193 (A. R. 493), 1963

Pablo Picasso

Visage no. 193 (A. R. 493), 1963

Sale Date: November 22, 2022

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Doble Ensayo Sobre Picasso, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Doble Ensayo Sobre Picasso, 1968

Sale Date: November 22, 2022

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Visage no. 157 (A. R. 489), 1963

Pablo Picasso

Visage no. 157 (A. R. 489), 1963

Sale Date: November 22, 2022

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Femme assise, from Contrée, 1943

Pablo Picasso

Femme assise, from Contrée, 1943

Sale Date: November 22, 2022

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Femmes à leur toilette, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Femmes à leur toilette, 1956

Sale Date: November 22, 2022

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Yan visage (A. R. 512), 1963

Pablo Picasso

Yan visage (A. R. 512), 1963

Sale Date: November 22, 2022

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Arène (A. R. 406), 1958

Pablo Picasso

Arène (A. R. 406), 1958

Sale Date: November 22, 2022

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Taureau (A. R. 392), 1957

Pablo Picasso

Taureau (A. R. 392), 1957

Sale Date: November 22, 2022

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Tête de chèvre de profil (A. R. 154), 1952

Pablo Picasso

Tête de chèvre de profil (A. R. 154), 1952

Sale Date: November 22, 2022

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Pichet espagnol (A. R. 244), 1954

Pablo Picasso

Pichet espagnol (A. R. 244), 1954

Sale Date: November 22, 2022

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