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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Dormeur

Pablo Picasso

Dormeur

Sale Date: June 29, 2022

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Colombe, 1964, 1964

Pablo Picasso

Colombe, 1964, 1964

Sale Date: June 14, 2022

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Jaime Sebartés. A los toros avec..., 1961

Pablo Picasso

Jaime Sebartés. A los toros avec..., 1961

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Numa suit les cours de Pythagore, 1930

Pablo Picasso

Numa suit les cours de Pythagore, 1930

Sale Date: June 14, 2022

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PASTERZ Z TEKI 'LA FLÛTE DOUBLE'

Pablo Picasso

PASTERZ Z TEKI 'LA FLÛTE DOUBLE'

Sale Date: June 21, 2022

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Quatre poissons polychromes, 1947

Pablo Picasso

Quatre poissons polychromes, 1947

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Bird on a Branch, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Bird on a Branch, 1952

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Vieux modele, 1966

Pablo Picasso

Vieux modele, 1966

Sale Date: June 16, 2022

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Peintre et modele debout (from the 60 series), 1966

Pablo Picasso

Peintre et modele debout (from the 60 series), 1966

Sale Date: June 16, 2022

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Grande Maternite, 1963

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Grande Maternite, 1963

Sale Date: June 16, 2022

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Untitled (from the Portrait Imaginaire series), 1969

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Untitled (from the Portrait Imaginaire series), 1969

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Modele et peintre chauve, 1966

Pablo Picasso

Modele et peintre chauve, 1966

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Deux grosses femmes nues et un voyeur (from..., 1969

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Deux grosses femmes nues et un voyeur (from..., 1969

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Homme couche et femme accroupie, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Homme couche et femme accroupie, 1956

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Homme couche et femme accroupie, 1956

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Homme couche et femme accroupie, 1956

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Peintre ramassant son Pinceau (from the Le..., 1927

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Peintre ramassant son Pinceau (from the Le..., 1927

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Sueno y Mentira de Franco I & II (two works), 1937

Pablo Picasso

Sueno y Mentira de Franco I & II (two works), 1937

Sale Date: June 16, 2022

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Chez les filles: Le Client, 1960

Pablo Picasso

Chez les filles: Le Client, 1960

Sale Date: June 22, 2022

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Marie Thérèse considérant son effigie..., 1933

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Marie Thérèse considérant son effigie..., 1933

Sale Date: June 22, 2022

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La famille du saltimbanque, 1954

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La famille du saltimbanque, 1954

Sale Date: June 22, 2022

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La Chèvre, 1952

Pablo Picasso

La Chèvre, 1952

Sale Date: June 22, 2022

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La Danse des Faunes, 1957

Pablo Picasso

La Danse des Faunes, 1957

Sale Date: June 22, 2022

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Vase au bouquet, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Vase au bouquet, 1956

Sale Date: June 23, 2022

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Pierrot et Arlequin, 1970

Pablo Picasso

Pierrot et Arlequin, 1970

Sale Date: June 23, 2022

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