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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Raphael et la Fornaria VI: Enfin Seuls! (B...., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Raphael et la Fornaria VI: Enfin Seuls! (B...., 1968

Sale Date: March 16, 2022

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Mon dieu, quel homme, qu'il est petit (B...., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Mon dieu, quel homme, qu'il est petit (B...., 1968

Sale Date: March 16, 2022

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Ferdinand Crommelynck, Le cocu magnifique..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Ferdinand Crommelynck, Le cocu magnifique..., 1968

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Sculpteur devant sa selette, avec un..., 1966

Pablo Picasso

Sculpteur devant sa selette, avec un..., 1966

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Femme nue devant une Statue (B. 139; Ba. 205), 1931

Pablo Picasso

Femme nue devant une Statue (B. 139; Ba. 205), 1931

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Modèle et grande sculpture de dos (B. 186;..., 1933

Pablo Picasso

Modèle et grande sculpture de dos (B. 186;..., 1933

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Modèle et Sculpture surréaliste (B. 187; Ba. , 1933

Pablo Picasso

Modèle et Sculpture surréaliste (B. 187; Ba. , 1933

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Modèle et Grande Tête Sculptée (B. 170; Ba...., 1933

Pablo Picasso

Modèle et Grande Tête Sculptée (B. 170; Ba...., 1933

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Deux Buveurs Catalans (B. 228; Ba. 442), 1934

Pablo Picasso

Deux Buveurs Catalans (B. 228; Ba. 442), 1934

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Minotaure Mourant (B. 198; Ba. 366), 1933

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Minotaure Mourant (B. 198; Ba. 366), 1933

Sale Date: March 16, 2022

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Le Repos du Sculpteur, IV (B. 174; Ba. 327), 1933

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Le Repos du Sculpteur, IV (B. 174; Ba. 327), 1933

Sale Date: March 16, 2022

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Minotaure, une Coupe à la Main, et Jeune..., 1933

Pablo Picasso

Minotaure, une Coupe à la Main, et Jeune..., 1933

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Minotaure caressant une Dormeuse (B. 201;..., 1933

Pablo Picasso

Minotaure caressant une Dormeuse (B. 201;..., 1933

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Femme au Corsage à Fleurs (B. 847; M. 307), 1958

Pablo Picasso

Femme au Corsage à Fleurs (B. 847; M. 307), 1958

Sale Date: March 16, 2022

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L'Égyptienne (B. 746; Ba. 906), 1953

Pablo Picasso

L'Égyptienne (B. 746; Ba. 906), 1953

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L'Italienne (D'apres le tableau de Victor..., 1953

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L'Italienne (D'apres le tableau de Victor..., 1953

Sale Date: March 16, 2022

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La Femme au Chapeau (Bloch 1145; Baer 1323;..., 1962

Pablo Picasso

La Femme au Chapeau (Bloch 1145; Baer 1323;..., 1962

Sale Date: March 16, 2022

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Vallauris Toros poster, 1956

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Vallauris Toros poster, 1956

Sale Date: March 23, 2022

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Le repos du sculpteur devant un Centaure et..., 1933

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Le repos du sculpteur devant un Centaure et..., 1933

Sale Date: March 23, 2022

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Peace dove, 1961

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Peace dove, 1961

Sale Date: March 15, 2022

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La Danse des Faunes, 57, 1957

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La Danse des Faunes, 57, 1957

Sale Date: March 15, 2022

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Trois Nus Debout, 1927

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Trois Nus Debout, 1927

Sale Date: March 19, 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: March 10, 2022

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Sale Date: March 10, 2022

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