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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Buste d’homme dans un cadre, 1969

Pablo Picasso

Buste d’homme dans un cadre, 1969

Sale Date: May 26, 2022

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Le Danseur (Tête d’Histrion), 1965, 1965

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Le Danseur (Tête d’Histrion), 1965, 1965

Sale Date: May 20, 2022

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Scène de séduction entre un homme dégénéré..., 1971

Pablo Picasso

Scène de séduction entre un homme dégénéré..., 1971

Sale Date: June 14, 2022

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Porträt eines Bärtigen, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Porträt eines Bärtigen, 1968

Sale Date: June 16, 2022

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Buste au corsage à carreaux

Pablo Picasso

Buste au corsage à carreaux

Sale Date: June 16, 2022

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Nature morte aux casse-croûte. I, 1962

Pablo Picasso

Nature morte aux casse-croûte. I, 1962

Sale Date: June 16, 2022

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Pablo Picasso. Suite complète de..., 1927–1931

Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso. Suite complète de..., 1927–1931

Sale Date: June 17, 2022

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Peintre et modèle, 1953

Pablo Picasso

Peintre et modèle, 1953

Sale Date: June 17, 2022

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Françoise sur fond gris, 1950

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Françoise sur fond gris, 1950

Sale Date: June 17, 2022

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La femme qui pleure IV, 1937

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La femme qui pleure IV, 1937

Sale Date: June 17, 2022

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La femme qui pleure III, 1937

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La femme qui pleure III, 1937

Sale Date: June 17, 2022

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Jacqueline au chapeau noir, 1962

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Jacqueline au chapeau noir, 1962

Sale Date: June 17, 2022

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Compotier, bouteille et verre, 1922

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Compotier, bouteille et verre, 1922

Sale Date: June 17, 2022

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Guernica. Les 42 « études préliminaires ».

Pablo Picasso

Guernica. Les 42 « études préliminaires ».

Sale Date: May 19, 2022

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Visage au trait oblique, 1968–1969

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Visage au trait oblique, 1968–1969

Sale Date: May 24, 2022

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Visage au nez vert, 1968–1969

Pablo Picasso

Visage au nez vert, 1968–1969

Sale Date: May 24, 2022

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Femme assise (Dora Maar), 1955

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Femme assise (Dora Maar), 1955

Sale Date: June 11, 2022

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Le Banderillero, 1959

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Le Banderillero, 1959

Sale Date: June 11, 2022

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Avant la Pique II, 1959

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Avant la Pique II, 1959

Sale Date: June 11, 2022

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Faunes et Chèvre, 1959

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Faunes et Chèvre, 1959

Sale Date: June 11, 2022

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A Los toros avec Picasso. Monte-Carlo :..., 1961

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A Los toros avec Picasso. Monte-Carlo :..., 1961

Sale Date: May 27, 2022

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Erotic Series #3, de la suite 156

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Erotic Series #3, de la suite 156

Sale Date: May 19, 2022

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Visage de femme (Rostro de mujer), 1953, 1953

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Visage de femme (Rostro de mujer), 1953, 1953

Sale Date: May 19, 2022

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PETITE TÊTE DE FEMME COURONNÉE / A WOMAN..., 1962

Pablo Picasso

PETITE TÊTE DE FEMME COURONNÉE / A WOMAN..., 1962

Sale Date: May 29, 2022

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