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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Engraved bottle (Bouteille gravée) (R. 248), 1954

Pablo Picasso

Engraved bottle (Bouteille gravée) (R. 248), 1954

Sale Date: April 19, 2022

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Profile en trois couleurs (Profile in Three..., 1956

Pablo Picasso

Profile en trois couleurs (Profile in Three..., 1956

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Les Trois baigneuses, I (The Three Bathers,..., 1923

Pablo Picasso

Les Trois baigneuses, I (The Three Bathers,..., 1923

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Philosophe discourant devant un notable, avec...

Pablo Picasso

Philosophe discourant devant un notable, avec...

Sale Date: October 28, 2020

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The Bâtonnier, de la carpeta Portraits..., 1969

Pablo Picasso

The Bâtonnier, de la carpeta Portraits..., 1969

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Poteries de Picasso, 1948

Pablo Picasso

Poteries de Picasso, 1948

Sale Date: April 12, 2022

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Relais de la Jeunesse, 1950, 1950

Pablo Picasso

Relais de la Jeunesse, 1950, 1950

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Exposition Peinture 1956, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Exposition Peinture 1956, 1956

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Corrida, 1953, 1953

Pablo Picasso

Corrida, 1953, 1953

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L'Etreinte VIII, 1963

Pablo Picasso

L'Etreinte VIII, 1963

Sale Date: April 9, 2022

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Tomette hexagonale (Faune)

Pablo Picasso

Tomette hexagonale (Faune)

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Tomette hexagonale (Visage)

Pablo Picasso

Tomette hexagonale (Visage)

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Tête de faune, 1961

Pablo Picasso

Tête de faune, 1961

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Figure féminine, 1951

Pablo Picasso

Figure féminine, 1951

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Colombe et chouette, 1950

Pablo Picasso

Colombe et chouette, 1950

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Tomette (Tête de faune)

Pablo Picasso

Tomette (Tête de faune)

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Dessin à l'encre, 1941

Pablo Picasso

Dessin à l'encre, 1941

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Tête de vieille femme et personnages, 1902

Pablo Picasso

Tête de vieille femme et personnages, 1902

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Collages, 1965

Pablo Picasso

Collages, 1965

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Dessin à la plume, 1903

Pablo Picasso

Dessin à la plume, 1903

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Nu à la serviette, 1915

Pablo Picasso

Nu à la serviette, 1915

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Fleurs, 1948

Pablo Picasso

Fleurs, 1948

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Petite tête de mort, 1943

Pablo Picasso

Petite tête de mort, 1943

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Plaque, 1957

Pablo Picasso

Plaque, 1957

Sale Date: April 14, 2022

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