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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Corrida, 1946

Pablo Picasso

Corrida, 1946

Sale Date: June 29, 2022

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Tête de chèvre de profil

Pablo Picasso

Tête de chèvre de profil

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Revue Verve

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Revue Verve

Sale Date: June 21, 2022

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Femme échevelée, 1963

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Femme échevelée, 1963

Sale Date: June 24, 2022

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Profil de Jacqueline, 1962

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Profil de Jacqueline, 1962

Sale Date: June 24, 2022

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Danseurs, 1956

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Danseurs, 1956

Sale Date: June 24, 2022

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Sur Le Scène: Roi et Couple-Phallus, 1966

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Sur Le Scène: Roi et Couple-Phallus, 1966

Sale Date: June 29, 2022

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La guitare sur la table

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La guitare sur la table

Sale Date: June 25, 2022

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Deux Clowns, 1954

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Deux Clowns, 1954

Sale Date: June 22, 2022

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Untitled (Dove of Peace), 1950

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Untitled (Dove of Peace), 1950

Sale Date: June 22, 2022

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Toros en Vallauris, 1957

Pablo Picasso

Toros en Vallauris, 1957

Sale Date: June 22, 2022

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L'Etreinte, II, 1963

Pablo Picasso

L'Etreinte, II, 1963

Sale Date: June 22, 2022

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Affiche pour le Musee de Ceret, 1957

Pablo Picasso

Affiche pour le Musee de Ceret, 1957

Sale Date: June 22, 2022

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Untitled, from Imaginary Portraits (American , 1972

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Untitled, from Imaginary Portraits (American , 1972

Sale Date: June 22, 2022

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Untitled, from Imaginary Portraits (American , 1972

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Untitled, from Imaginary Portraits (American , 1972

Sale Date: June 22, 2022

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LES DEMOISELLES D‘AVIGNON

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LES DEMOISELLES D‘AVIGNON

Sale Date: June 30, 2022

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PLATTE MIT ZIEGENKOPF

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PLATTE MIT ZIEGENKOPF

Sale Date: June 30, 2022

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KERAMIKSCHALE

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KERAMIKSCHALE

Sale Date: June 30, 2022

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Chouette aux taches », Vase tourné, 1951

Pablo Picasso

Chouette aux taches », Vase tourné, 1951

Sale Date: June 24, 2022

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Le Vieux Roi, 1959

Pablo Picasso

Le Vieux Roi, 1959

Sale Date: June 29, 2022

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L'Écuyère, 1960

Pablo Picasso

L'Écuyère, 1960

Sale Date: June 29, 2022

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o.T. (aus der Serie

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o.T. (aus der Serie "European School Prints"), 1948

Sale Date: June 24, 2022

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Plato de Toritos Fritos, 1957

Pablo Picasso

Plato de Toritos Fritos, 1957

Sale Date: June 24, 2022

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Maternité

Pablo Picasso

Maternité

Sale Date: June 21, 2022

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