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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Exposition peintures Vallauris 1956, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Exposition peintures Vallauris 1956, 1956

Sale Date: October 12, 2022

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Femme debout, 1945

Pablo Picasso

Femme debout, 1945

Sale Date: October 12, 2022

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Visage au carton ondulé (Face on Corrugated..., 1988

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Visage au carton ondulé (Face on Corrugated..., 1988

Sale Date: October 6, 2022

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Taureau (Bull) — 1413, 1956

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Taureau (Bull) — 1413, 1956

Sale Date: October 6, 2022

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Visage aux mains (Face with Hands) — 1407, 1988

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Visage aux mains (Face with Hands) — 1407, 1988

Sale Date: October 6, 2022

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Rond (Round) — 1678, 1958

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Rond (Round) — 1678, 1958

Sale Date: October 6, 2022

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Homme aux petits bras ( Man with Small Arms), 1950

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Homme aux petits bras ( Man with Small Arms), 1950

Sale Date: October 6, 2022

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Visage aux feuilles (Face with Leaves) — 1403, 1988

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Visage aux feuilles (Face with Leaves) — 1403, 1988

Sale Date: October 6, 2022

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Visage tourmente, 1988

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Visage tourmente, 1988

Sale Date: October 6, 2022

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Poissons (Fish) — 1411, 1988

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Poissons (Fish) — 1411, 1988

Sale Date: October 6, 2022

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Visage de faune (Face of a Fawn) — 1409, 1988

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Visage de faune (Face of a Fawn) — 1409, 1988

Sale Date: October 6, 2022

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Horloge à la langue (Tongue Clock) — 1427, 1988

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Horloge à la langue (Tongue Clock) — 1427, 1988

Sale Date: October 6, 2022

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Faune cavalier (Faun Rider) — 1409, 1988

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Faune cavalier (Faun Rider) — 1409, 1988

Sale Date: October 6, 2022

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Centaure (Centaur) — 1439, 1988

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Centaure (Centaur) — 1439, 1988

Sale Date: October 6, 2022

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Joueur de flûte et cavaliers (Flute Player..., 1988

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Joueur de flûte et cavaliers (Flute Player..., 1988

Sale Date: October 6, 2022

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Dormeur (Sleeper) — 1398, 1957

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Dormeur (Sleeper) — 1398, 1957

Sale Date: October 6, 2022

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Visage en forme d'horloge (Clock-Shaped..., 1988

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Visage en forme d'horloge (Clock-Shaped..., 1988

Sale Date: October 6, 2022

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Femme vue de Dos, from Témoignage by Jean..., 1956

Pablo Picasso

Femme vue de Dos, from Témoignage by Jean..., 1956

Sale Date: October 18, 2022

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Colombe (à L'Arc de Ciel) (Bloch 712,..., 1952

Pablo Picasso

Colombe (à L'Arc de Ciel) (Bloch 712,..., 1952

Sale Date: October 18, 2022

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Sculptures et Vase de Fleurs, from La Suite..., 1933

Pablo Picasso

Sculptures et Vase de Fleurs, from La Suite..., 1933

Sale Date: October 18, 2022

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Modèle Contemplant un Groupe Sculpté (Bloch..., 1933

Pablo Picasso

Modèle Contemplant un Groupe Sculpté (Bloch..., 1933

Sale Date: October 18, 2022

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Drypoint, from Pierres (Bloch 864; Cramer 93), 1958

Pablo Picasso

Drypoint, from Pierres (Bloch 864; Cramer 93), 1958

Sale Date: October 18, 2022

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Venus et L'Amour Voleur de Miel (d'après..., 1957

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Venus et L'Amour Voleur de Miel (d'après..., 1957

Sale Date: October 18, 2022

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Le Fumeur, 1965

Pablo Picasso

Le Fumeur, 1965

Sale Date: October 18, 2022

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