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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Pichet Tete Carree, 1953

Pablo Picasso

Pichet Tete Carree, 1953

Sale Date: March 19, 2022

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Les portraits imaginaires, 1971

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Les portraits imaginaires, 1971

Sale Date: March 19, 2022

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Dans l'atelier, 1963

Pablo Picasso

Dans l'atelier, 1963

Sale Date: April 6, 2022

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Style Figural chair, 1990

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Style Figural chair, 1990

Sale Date: March 26, 2022

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Dos Contes (bk by R. Reventos w/4 works, 4to)

Pablo Picasso

Dos Contes (bk by R. Reventos w/4 works, 4to)

Sale Date: February 19, 2022

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El entierro del Conde de Orgaz (bk w/ 13..., 1969

Pablo Picasso

El entierro del Conde de Orgaz (bk w/ 13..., 1969

Sale Date: February 19, 2022

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Three Nude Women Near a Window (Trois femmes...

Pablo Picasso

Three Nude Women Near a Window (Trois femmes...

Sale Date: March 2, 2022

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The Sculptor's Rest Before a Centaur and a Woman

Pablo Picasso

The Sculptor's Rest Before a Centaur and a Woman

Sale Date: March 2, 2022

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Minotaur Caressing Girl, 1933

Pablo Picasso

Minotaur Caressing Girl, 1933

Sale Date: March 2, 2022

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The Sculptor's Rest IV

Pablo Picasso

The Sculptor's Rest IV

Sale Date: March 2, 2022

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GŁOWA II, 1940

Pablo Picasso

GŁOWA II, 1940

Sale Date: March 5, 2022

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REITRE ENLEVANT UNE FEMME POUR LE COMPTE..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

REITRE ENLEVANT UNE FEMME POUR LE COMPTE..., 1968

Sale Date: March 13, 2022

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FEMMES À LEUR TOILETTE, AVEC DEGAS RÊVANT /..., 1971

Pablo Picasso

FEMMES À LEUR TOILETTE, AVEC DEGAS RÊVANT /..., 1971

Sale Date: March 13, 2022

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PORTRAITS IMAGINAIRES / IMAGINARY PORTRAITS..., 1969

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PORTRAITS IMAGINAIRES / IMAGINARY PORTRAITS..., 1969

Sale Date: March 13, 2022

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Sable Mouvant: Tête d'Homme barbu, Sculpteur , 1966

Pablo Picasso

Sable Mouvant: Tête d'Homme barbu, Sculpteur , 1966

Sale Date: March 8, 2022

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Chope Visage [A.R. 432], 1959

Pablo Picasso

Chope Visage [A.R. 432], 1959

Sale Date: March 8, 2022

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Carnaval [Block 1242], 1967

Pablo Picasso

Carnaval [Block 1242], 1967

Sale Date: March 8, 2022

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La Comedie Humaine, 1954

Pablo Picasso

La Comedie Humaine, 1954

Sale Date: March 8, 2022

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Para z cyklu Komedia Ludzka, 1954

Pablo Picasso

Para z cyklu Komedia Ludzka, 1954

Sale Date: February 23, 2022

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Scène villageoise, 1960

Pablo Picasso

Scène villageoise, 1960

Sale Date: March 3, 2022

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Asservissement, 1905

Pablo Picasso

Asservissement, 1905

Sale Date: March 3, 2022

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Homme assis, 1922

Pablo Picasso

Homme assis, 1922

Sale Date: March 3, 2022

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Femme assise, 1922–1923

Pablo Picasso

Femme assise, 1922–1923

Sale Date: March 3, 2022

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Femme et deux hommes sur la plage, 1923

Pablo Picasso

Femme et deux hommes sur la plage, 1923

Sale Date: March 3, 2022

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