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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Vieux modele pour jeune odalisque (old model , 1970

Pablo Picasso

Vieux modele pour jeune odalisque (old model , 1970

Sale Date: August 16, 2022

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One plate, from Les Portraits Imaginaires, 1969

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One plate, from Les Portraits Imaginaires, 1969

Sale Date: August 16, 2022

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One plate, from Les Portraits Imaginaires, 1969

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One plate, from Les Portraits Imaginaires, 1969

Sale Date: August 16, 2022

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Faunes et Flore, 1960

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Faunes et Flore, 1960

Sale Date: August 16, 2022

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Maternité, 1963

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Maternité, 1963

Sale Date: August 16, 2022

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Le Cocu Posant pour une photographie devant..., 1966

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Le Cocu Posant pour une photographie devant..., 1966

Sale Date: August 16, 2022

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Bird on a Branch, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Bird on a Branch, 1952

Sale Date: August 16, 2022

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Les Ménines展览海报 平版海报 镜框, 1959

Pablo Picasso

Les Ménines展览海报 平版海报 镜框, 1959

Sale Date: August 10, 2022

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Costume design for ballet Le Tricorne..., 1920

Pablo Picasso

Costume design for ballet Le Tricorne..., 1920

Sale Date: August 11, 2022

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Bouteille verre et cartes (Botella de..., 1962

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Bouteille verre et cartes (Botella de..., 1962

Sale Date: August 11, 2022

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Painter, Nude Model Wearing Hat and..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Painter, Nude Model Wearing Hat and..., 1968

Sale Date: August 18, 2022

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Dessins, Gouaches, Aquarelles Museé Reattu..., 1957

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Dessins, Gouaches, Aquarelles Museé Reattu..., 1957

Sale Date: August 18, 2022

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Flutiste et Trois Femmes Nues (Bloch 144), 1932

Pablo Picasso

Flutiste et Trois Femmes Nues (Bloch 144), 1932

Sale Date: August 18, 2022

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La Comedie Humaine

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La Comedie Humaine

Sale Date: August 8, 2022

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Au Musee de Tel Aviv - Pavillion Helena..., 1959

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Au Musee de Tel Aviv - Pavillion Helena..., 1959

Sale Date: August 10, 2022

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Museo Picasso Barcelona (The Dwarf), 1966

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Museo Picasso Barcelona (The Dwarf), 1966

Sale Date: August 10, 2022

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Paul en Pierrot (Text)

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Paul en Pierrot (Text)

Sale Date: August 10, 2022

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172 Dessins Recents: Galerie Louise Leiris, 1972

Pablo Picasso

172 Dessins Recents: Galerie Louise Leiris, 1972

Sale Date: August 10, 2022

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« Visage n° 144 (1963) »

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« Visage n° 144 (1963) »

Sale Date: October 28, 2021

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« Visage (homme barbu) »

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« Visage (homme barbu) »

Sale Date: October 28, 2021

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« Oiseau n° 83 », 1963

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« Oiseau n° 83 », 1963

Sale Date: October 28, 2021

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« Oiseau n° 76 », 1963

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« Oiseau n° 76 », 1963

Sale Date: October 28, 2021

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Assiette Masque de faune en terre blanche à...

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Assiette Masque de faune en terre blanche à...

Sale Date: October 2, 2021

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PAIX DÉSARMEMENT POUR LE SUCCÈS DE LA..., 1960

Pablo Picasso

PAIX DÉSARMEMENT POUR LE SUCCÈS DE LA..., 1960

Sale Date: August 4, 2022

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