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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FEMMES SE REPOSNAT Z

Pablo Picasso

FEMMES SE REPOSNAT Z "LA SUITE VOLLARD", 1931

Sale Date: September 1, 2022

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GOŁĄB

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GOŁĄB

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GOŁĄB

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GOŁĄB

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BALZAK I MŁODA MODELKA

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BALZAK I MŁODA MODELKA

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CELESTYNA

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CELESTYNA

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From: La comédie humaine, 1953–1954

Pablo Picasso

From: La comédie humaine, 1953–1954

Sale Date: August 28, 2022

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Trois nus debout, from Le Chef-d'oeuvre..., 1972

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Trois nus debout, from Le Chef-d'oeuvre..., 1972

Sale Date: August 25, 2022

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画家和模特

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画家和模特

Sale Date: August 23, 2022

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皮卡多·拉加扎, 1960

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皮卡多·拉加扎, 1960

Sale Date: August 23, 2022

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Deux Petits Tareaux (Two Small Bulls), 1945, 1945

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Deux Petits Tareaux (Two Small Bulls), 1945, 1945

Sale Date: August 23, 2022

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Little-headed Yan, 1963

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Little-headed Yan, 1963

Sale Date: September 8, 2022

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Yan Pitcher, 1952

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Yan Pitcher, 1952

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Sculpteur et trois danseuses sculptées,..., 1934

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Sculpteur et trois danseuses sculptées,..., 1934

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Le buste du peintre mort est couronné par..., 1968

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Le buste du peintre mort est couronné par..., 1968

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Enlèvement, à cheval, Pl.148 from 'Séries 347', 1968

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Enlèvement, à cheval, Pl.148 from 'Séries 347', 1968

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Peintre peignant sur son modèle, Pl.204 from , 1968

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Peintre peignant sur son modèle, Pl.204 from , 1968

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Mère et enfant au fichu, from 'Barcelona..., 1966

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Mère et enfant au fichu, from 'Barcelona..., 1966

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Paysan et Maja, Pl.74 from 'Séries 156', 1971

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Paysan et Maja, Pl.74 from 'Séries 156', 1971

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David et Bethsabée (d'après Lucas Cranach), 1947

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David et Bethsabée (d'après Lucas Cranach), 1947

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Tête de femme, face et profil, 1925

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Tête de femme, face et profil, 1925

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Dos Contes, 1947

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Dos Contes, 1947

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Composition

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Composition

Sale Date: August 23, 2022

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L'homme à la fraise, 1973

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L'homme à la fraise, 1973

Sale Date: August 23, 2022

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MINOTAURE, BUVEUR ET FEMME, 1933

Pablo Picasso

MINOTAURE, BUVEUR ET FEMME, 1933

Sale Date: June 10, 2022

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