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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TÊTE DE BOUFFON, 1964

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TÊTE DE BOUFFON, 1964

Sale Date: December 14, 2021

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Corrida sur fond noir (Ramié 198), 1953

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Corrida sur fond noir (Ramié 198), 1953

Sale Date: December 16, 2021

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Hibou noir perché (Ramié 398), 1957

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Hibou noir perché (Ramié 398), 1957

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Visage no. 130 (Ramié 479), 1963

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Visage no. 130 (Ramié 479), 1963

Sale Date: December 16, 2021

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Chouette (Ramié 603), 1969

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Chouette (Ramié 603), 1969

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Visage de femme (Ramié 286), 1955

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Visage de femme (Ramié 286), 1955

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Visage de Femme (Ramié 220), 1953

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Visage de Femme (Ramié 220), 1953

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Colombe brillante (Ramié 218), 1953

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Colombe brillante (Ramié 218), 1953

Sale Date: December 16, 2021

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L'Atelier de Cannes, frontispiece for Ces..., 1957

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L'Atelier de Cannes, frontispiece for Ces..., 1957

Sale Date: December 16, 2021

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Femme au bord de la mer (Baer 237; Bloch 67; , 1924

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Femme au bord de la mer (Baer 237; Bloch 67; , 1924

Sale Date: December 16, 2021

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Citando al Toro con el Rejon, from La..., 1957

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Citando al Toro con el Rejon, from La..., 1957

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L'Aubade, avec Femme Accoudée (Baer 1233), 1959

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L'Aubade, avec Femme Accoudée (Baer 1233), 1959

Sale Date: December 16, 2021

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David et Bethsabée (d'après Lucas Cranach)..., 1947

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David et Bethsabée (d'après Lucas Cranach)..., 1947

Sale Date: December 16, 2021

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Eau-Forte 11 avril 1968 VI, 1968

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Eau-Forte 11 avril 1968 VI, 1968

Sale Date: December 22, 2021

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Guernica, 1934

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Guernica, 1934

Sale Date: December 2, 2021

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Erotic Series #3, de la suite 156

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Erotic Series #3, de la suite 156

Sale Date: December 2, 2021

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Sin título

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Sin título

Sale Date: December 2, 2021

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La Comedia Humana a) Reverencias al rey b)...

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La Comedia Humana a) Reverencias al rey b)...

Sale Date: December 2, 2021

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La danse de Faunes, 1957

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La danse de Faunes, 1957

Sale Date: December 2, 2021

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Chouette (Alain Ramié 606), 1969

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Chouette (Alain Ramié 606), 1969

Sale Date: December 10, 2021

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Carnet de la Californie: 14 plates (See..., 1959

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Carnet de la Californie: 14 plates (See..., 1959

Sale Date: December 10, 2021

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Yan petites têtes (Alain Ramié 515), 1963

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Yan petites têtes (Alain Ramié 515), 1963

Sale Date: December 10, 2021

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Chouette (Alain Ramié 605), 1969

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Chouette (Alain Ramié 605), 1969

Sale Date: December 10, 2021

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Têtes (Alain Ramié 367), 1956

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Têtes (Alain Ramié 367), 1956

Sale Date: December 10, 2021

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