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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Pablo Picasso

"FEMME" PITCHER

Sale Date: September 25, 2022

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"Visage de Femme", 1953

Sale Date: September 27, 2022

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レンブラントの肖像, 1961

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レンブラントの肖像, 1961

Sale Date: September 17, 2022

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COLOMBE BRILLANTE, 1953

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COLOMBE BRILLANTE, 1953

Sale Date: September 24, 2022

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HEADS, 1956

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HEADS, 1956

Sale Date: September 24, 2022

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FROM THE 347 SERIES NO. 226, 1968

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FROM THE 347 SERIES NO. 226, 1968

Sale Date: September 24, 2022

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MODELE AVEC PEINTRE AU SECOND PLAN / MODEL..., 1966

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MODELE AVEC PEINTRE AU SECOND PLAN / MODEL..., 1966

Sale Date: September 24, 2022

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FEMME AU CHAPEAU / WOMAN IN HAT, 1962

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FEMME AU CHAPEAU / WOMAN IN HAT, 1962

Sale Date: September 24, 2022

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La Comedie Humaine

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La Comedie Humaine

Sale Date: September 12, 2022

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Jeune courtisane avec un gentilhomme (pl.185...

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Jeune courtisane avec un gentilhomme (pl.185...

Sale Date: September 13, 2022

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156 Series No.139, 1971

Pablo Picasso

156 Series No.139, 1971

Sale Date: September 10, 2022

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from IMAGINARY PORTRAITS

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from IMAGINARY PORTRAITS

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La colombe bleue, 1961

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La colombe bleue, 1961

Sale Date: September 10, 2022

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Human comedy from VERVE, vol. 29-30

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Human comedy from VERVE, vol. 29-30

Sale Date: September 10, 2022

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from SKETCHBOOK (a set of 10)

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from SKETCHBOOK (a set of 10)

Sale Date: September 10, 2022

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TÊTE, 1967

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TÊTE, 1967

Sale Date: September 14, 2022

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Bacchus et Femme Nue Etendue, 1934

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Bacchus et Femme Nue Etendue, 1934

Sale Date: September 23, 2022

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Untitled

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Untitled

Sale Date: September 23, 2022

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Portraits imaginaires 30.1.69, 1969

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Portraits imaginaires 30.1.69, 1969

Sale Date: September 17, 2022

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Picador, 1952

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Picador, 1952

Sale Date: September 4, 2022

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Oiseau avec Touffe, 1952

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Oiseau avec Touffe, 1952

Sale Date: September 8, 2022

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Couple Avec Pommes (Adam et Eve) (plate 71..., 1971

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Couple Avec Pommes (Adam et Eve) (plate 71..., 1971

Sale Date: September 8, 2022

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Oiseau sur la branche, 1952

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Oiseau sur la branche, 1952

Sale Date: September 8, 2022

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Vase au Bouquet, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Vase au Bouquet, 1956

Sale Date: September 8, 2022

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