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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Jeu de la Cape,, 1961

Pablo Picasso

Jeu de la Cape,, 1961

Sale Date: December 11, 2021

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Le taureau noir, 1947

Pablo Picasso

Le taureau noir, 1947

Sale Date: December 14, 2021

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Vase deux anses hautes, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Vase deux anses hautes, 1952

Sale Date: December 14, 2021

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Pablo Picasso

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Pablo Picasso

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Tête de chèvre de profil, 1952, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Tête de chèvre de profil, 1952, 1952

Sale Date: December 14, 2021

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Tête de femme, 1945, 1945

Pablo Picasso

Tête de femme, 1945, 1945

Sale Date: December 14, 2021

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Profil de Jaqueline, 1956, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Profil de Jaqueline, 1956, 1956

Sale Date: December 14, 2021

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Corrida, 1953

Pablo Picasso

Corrida, 1953

Sale Date: December 17, 2021

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Hibou Mat (A.R. 284), 1955

Pablo Picasso

Hibou Mat (A.R. 284), 1955

Sale Date: December 9, 2021

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Oval with Horse (Ramié 622), 1971, 1971

Pablo Picasso

Oval with Horse (Ramié 622), 1971, 1971

Sale Date: December 9, 2021

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Colombe Volant (a l'arc en ciel) (Bloch 712; , 1952

Pablo Picasso

Colombe Volant (a l'arc en ciel) (Bloch 712; , 1952

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Toros (Ramié 161), 1952, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Toros (Ramié 161), 1952, 1952

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Corrida (Ramié 181), 1953, 1953

Pablo Picasso

Corrida (Ramié 181), 1953, 1953

Sale Date: December 9, 2021

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Père Noël, 1957, 1957

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Père Noël, 1957, 1957

Sale Date: December 9, 2021

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Plate 'Hibou Mat'/'Hibou Brillant, 1955

Pablo Picasso

Plate 'Hibou Mat'/'Hibou Brillant, 1955

Sale Date: December 9, 2021

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Ceramic bowl/ashtray 'Oiseau à la huppe, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Ceramic bowl/ashtray 'Oiseau à la huppe, 1952

Sale Date: December 9, 2021

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Bouquet de fleurs

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Bouquet de fleurs

Sale Date: December 9, 2021

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Minotaure embrassant une femme, 1934

Pablo Picasso

Minotaure embrassant une femme, 1934

Sale Date: December 10, 2021

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PALOMA ET CLAUDE, 1950, 1950

Pablo Picasso

PALOMA ET CLAUDE, 1950, 1950

Sale Date: December 8, 2021

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LA PIQUE, 1959 (Baer, 1227.A ; Bloch, 908)..., 1959

Pablo Picasso

LA PIQUE, 1959 (Baer, 1227.A ; Bloch, 908)..., 1959

Sale Date: December 8, 2021

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LE REPOS DU SCULPTEUR DEVANT DES CHEVAUX ET..., 1933

Pablo Picasso

LE REPOS DU SCULPTEUR DEVANT DES CHEVAUX ET..., 1933

Sale Date: December 8, 2021

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MATERNITE, 1962 (Ginestet & Pouillon, E 670), 1962

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MATERNITE, 1962 (Ginestet & Pouillon, E 670), 1962

Sale Date: December 8, 2021

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Picador vase, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Picador vase, 1952

Sale Date: December 21, 2021

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