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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Femme nue à la jambe pliée, 1931

Pablo Picasso

Femme nue à la jambe pliée, 1931

Sale Date: February 10, 2022

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Le Peintre et son modèle, 1930

Pablo Picasso

Le Peintre et son modèle, 1930

Sale Date: February 10, 2022

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Figure, ou Baigneuse à la cabine, 1929

Pablo Picasso

Figure, ou Baigneuse à la cabine, 1929

Sale Date: February 10, 2022

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Homme et femme, 1927

Pablo Picasso

Homme et femme, 1927

Sale Date: February 10, 2022

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Tête de femme : Madeleine, 1905

Pablo Picasso

Tête de femme : Madeleine, 1905

Sale Date: February 10, 2022

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La Danse barbare, 1905

Pablo Picasso

La Danse barbare, 1905

Sale Date: February 10, 2022

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Picasso (Pablo) L'Atelier de Cannes, cover..., 1957

Pablo Picasso

Picasso (Pablo) L'Atelier de Cannes, cover..., 1957

Sale Date: January 27, 2022

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Picasso (Pablo) L'Atelier de Cannes Vol. II, , 1957

Pablo Picasso

Picasso (Pablo) L'Atelier de Cannes Vol. II, , 1957

Sale Date: January 27, 2022

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Colección de grabados: Guernica

Pablo Picasso

Colección de grabados: Guernica", 1990

Sale Date: January 25, 2022

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Dame a la collerette

Pablo Picasso

Dame a la collerette

Sale Date: January 25, 2022

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A los Toros (bk by J. Sabartés w/4 works, 4to), 1961

Pablo Picasso

A los Toros (bk by J. Sabartés w/4 works, 4to), 1961

Sale Date: October 14, 2021

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Linoleum Cuts: Bacchanals, Women, Bulls &...

Pablo Picasso

Linoleum Cuts: Bacchanals, Women, Bulls &...

Sale Date: October 15, 2021

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Venti Pochoirs Originali. Milan: Silvana, [1955

Pablo Picasso

Venti Pochoirs Originali. Milan: Silvana, [1955

Sale Date: October 15, 2021

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Lysistrata. New York: The Limited Editions Club,

Pablo Picasso

Lysistrata. New York: The Limited Editions Club,

Sale Date: October 15, 2021

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Diurnes. Découpages et Photographies. Paris:...

Pablo Picasso

Diurnes. Découpages et Photographies. Paris:...

Sale Date: October 15, 2021

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Trois Personnages sur Tremplin plaque, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Trois Personnages sur Tremplin plaque, 1956

Sale Date: January 21, 2022

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Tete de Chevre en Profil plate, 1950

Pablo Picasso

Tete de Chevre en Profil plate, 1950

Sale Date: January 21, 2022

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La Ronde de la Jeunesse, 1961

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La Ronde de la Jeunesse, 1961

Sale Date: October 16, 2021

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Corrida, 1953, 1953

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Corrida, 1953, 1953

Sale Date: January 22, 2022

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Femme torero, V, 1934

Pablo Picasso

Femme torero, V, 1934

Sale Date: January 29, 2022

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JACQUELINE PICASSO, 1958

Pablo Picasso

JACQUELINE PICASSO, 1958

Sale Date: January 29, 2022

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PARA z cyklu Komedia Ludzka, 1954

Pablo Picasso

PARA z cyklu Komedia Ludzka, 1954

Sale Date: January 29, 2022

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PÓŁMISEK Z KOBIECĄ TWARZĄ, 1955

Pablo Picasso

PÓŁMISEK Z KOBIECĄ TWARZĄ, 1955

Sale Date: January 29, 2022

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Faunes et Flore, 1960

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Faunes et Flore, 1960

Sale Date: January 26, 2022

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