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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Nu debout (baigneuse), 1923

Pablo Picasso

Nu debout (baigneuse), 1923

Sale Date: March 3, 2022

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Carnet, 1924

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Carnet, 1924

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Nature morte au verre, 1914

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Nature morte au verre, 1914

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Nature morte au verre, 1914

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Nature morte au verre, 1914

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Femme nue allongée, 1921

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Femme nue allongée, 1921

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La main, 1920

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La main, 1920

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Découpage cubiste, 1914

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Découpage cubiste, 1914

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Crâne de chèvre, 1951

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Crâne de chèvre, 1951

Sale Date: March 3, 2022

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Dans l'atelier, 1953

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Dans l'atelier, 1953

Sale Date: March 3, 2022

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Vallavris Exposition 1953, 1953

Pablo Picasso

Vallavris Exposition 1953, 1953

Sale Date: October 22, 2021

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Untitled, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Untitled, 1968

Sale Date: February 25, 2022

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Untitled, 1970

Pablo Picasso

Untitled, 1970

Sale Date: February 25, 2022

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Untitled, 1970

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Untitled, 1970

Sale Date: February 25, 2022

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Buste de femme accoudée, gris et blanc, 1938

Pablo Picasso

Buste de femme accoudée, gris et blanc, 1938

Sale Date: March 2, 2022

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Vallavris Exposition, 1953

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Vallavris Exposition, 1953

Sale Date: September 17, 2021

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Vieux Modele (Bloch 1404), 1966

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Vieux Modele (Bloch 1404), 1966

Sale Date: February 25, 2022

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Oiseau au Ver (bird with worm) Bowl, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Oiseau au Ver (bird with worm) Bowl, 1952

Sale Date: February 27, 2022

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Degas in the Bordello with Madame and Girls. , 1971

Pablo Picasso

Degas in the Bordello with Madame and Girls. , 1971

Sale Date: February 27, 2022

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AFFICHES ORIGINALES DES MAÎTRES DE L'ÉCOLE..., 1959

Pablo Picasso

AFFICHES ORIGINALES DES MAÎTRES DE L'ÉCOLE..., 1959

Sale Date: February 24, 2022

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CÔTE D'AZUR. 1962, 1962

Pablo Picasso

CÔTE D'AZUR. 1962, 1962

Sale Date: February 24, 2022

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Maya in Pinafore

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Maya in Pinafore

Sale Date: February 24, 2022

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Visiteurs divins à l'atelier ou Variation..., 1965

Pablo Picasso

Visiteurs divins à l'atelier ou Variation..., 1965

Sale Date: February 25, 2022

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A los toros, fin avril 1957, 1957

Pablo Picasso

A los toros, fin avril 1957, 1957

Sale Date: February 25, 2022

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Le pigeon, 1936, 1936

Pablo Picasso

Le pigeon, 1936, 1936

Sale Date: February 25, 2022

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