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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Lampe femme, 1955

Pablo Picasso

Lampe femme, 1955

Sale Date: May 13, 2022

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Vallarius - Exposition Peinture, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Vallarius - Exposition Peinture, 1956

Sale Date: May 17, 2022

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Le manuscrit trouvé dans un chapeau. Paris : , 1919

Pablo Picasso

Le manuscrit trouvé dans un chapeau. Paris : , 1919

Sale Date: May 12, 2022

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Pirosmanachvili 1914. Paris : Le Degré..., 1914

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Pirosmanachvili 1914. Paris : Le Degré..., 1914

Sale Date: May 12, 2022

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Hélène chez Archimède. Paris : le Nouveau..., 1955

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Hélène chez Archimède. Paris : le Nouveau..., 1955

Sale Date: May 12, 2022

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Autre chose que de l’enfant beau. Paris :..., 1957

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Autre chose que de l’enfant beau. Paris :..., 1957

Sale Date: May 12, 2022

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Non vouloir. Paris : Éditions Jeanne Bucher, , 1942

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Non vouloir. Paris : Éditions Jeanne Bucher, , 1942

Sale Date: May 12, 2022

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Chronique des temps héroïques. Paris : Louis , 1956

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Chronique des temps héroïques. Paris : Louis , 1956

Sale Date: May 12, 2022

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De mémoire d’homme. Paris : Bordas, 1950, 1950

Pablo Picasso

De mémoire d’homme. Paris : Bordas, 1950, 1950

Sale Date: May 12, 2022

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Le Siège de Jérusalem. Grande tentation..., 1914

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Le Siège de Jérusalem. Grande tentation..., 1914

Sale Date: May 12, 2022

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Afat. Soixante-seize sonnets. [Paris :] Le..., 1940

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Afat. Soixante-seize sonnets. [Paris :] Le..., 1940

Sale Date: May 12, 2022

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Deux contes. Paris-Barcelone : Editorial..., 1947

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Deux contes. Paris-Barcelone : Editorial..., 1947

Sale Date: May 12, 2022

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Dos contes. Paris-Barcelone : Editorial..., 1947

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Dos contes. Paris-Barcelone : Editorial..., 1947

Sale Date: May 12, 2022

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Pismo [Lettre]. [Paris], Latitud cuarenta y..., 1948

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Pismo [Lettre]. [Paris], Latitud cuarenta y..., 1948

Sale Date: May 12, 2022

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Recordant el Doctor Reventós (Homenatge dels , 1969

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Recordant el Doctor Reventós (Homenatge dels , 1969

Sale Date: May 12, 2022

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Cote d'Azur

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Cote d'Azur

Sale Date: May 17, 2022

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La Barre d’appui. Paris : Éditions “Cahiers..., 1936

Pablo Picasso

La Barre d’appui. Paris : Éditions “Cahiers..., 1936

Sale Date: May 12, 2022

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Les Métamorphoses. Lausanne : Albert Skira,..., 1931

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Les Métamorphoses. Lausanne : Albert Skira,..., 1931

Sale Date: May 12, 2022

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PORTRAIT DE FEMME, 1962

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PORTRAIT DE FEMME, 1962

Sale Date: May 24, 2022

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PROFIL DE JACQUELINE ROQUE, 1956

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PROFIL DE JACQUELINE ROQUE, 1956

Sale Date: May 24, 2022

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PLAT NATURE MORTE (A.R. 219), 1953

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PLAT NATURE MORTE (A.R. 219), 1953

Sale Date: May 24, 2022

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OISEAU AU SOLEIL (VARIANTE A.R. 174), 1952

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OISEAU AU SOLEIL (VARIANTE A.R. 174), 1952

Sale Date: May 24, 2022

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La Pique (1), 1961

Pablo Picasso

La Pique (1), 1961

Sale Date: May 14, 2022

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Petit Soleil (Little Sun), 1968–1969

Pablo Picasso

Petit Soleil (Little Sun), 1968–1969

Sale Date: May 24, 2022

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