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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Picador, modèle créé en [1952], 1952

Pablo Picasso

Picador, modèle créé en [1952], 1952

Sale Date: December 3, 2021

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Scene de Tauromachie (A.R. 410), 1959

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Scene de Tauromachie (A.R. 410), 1959

Sale Date: December 15, 2021

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Joueur de flûte et cavaliers (A.R. 340), 1956

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Joueur de flûte et cavaliers (A.R. 340), 1956

Sale Date: December 15, 2021

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Picador (A.R. 160), 1952

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Picador (A.R. 160), 1952

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Le Repos du Sculpteur, IV (from La Suite..., 1933

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Le Repos du Sculpteur, IV (from La Suite..., 1933

Sale Date: December 15, 2021

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Le Repos du Sculpteur devant un Centaure et..., 1933

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Le Repos du Sculpteur devant un Centaure et..., 1933

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Homme à la pipe (from Séries 347)

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Homme à la pipe (from Séries 347)

Sale Date: December 15, 2021

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Jeune femme et vieux Mari (from Séries 347)

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Jeune femme et vieux Mari (from Séries 347)

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Femme aux Fleurs et portrait de Barbu, avec..., 1971

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Femme aux Fleurs et portrait de Barbu, avec..., 1971

Sale Date: December 15, 2021

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Enlévement, à Cheval, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Enlévement, à Cheval, 1968

Sale Date: December 15, 2021

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L'Atelier de Cannes, cover for 'Ces peintres , 1956

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L'Atelier de Cannes, cover for 'Ces peintres , 1956

Sale Date: December 9, 2021

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Vallauris 1956 Toros (Bloch 1270; Baer 1043; , 1956

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Vallauris 1956 Toros (Bloch 1270; Baer 1043; , 1956

Sale Date: December 9, 2021

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Le vieux roi (Bloch 869; Mourlot 137), 1959

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Le vieux roi (Bloch 869; Mourlot 137), 1959

Sale Date: December 9, 2021

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La Danse Barbare, from 'La Suite des..., 1905

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La Danse Barbare, from 'La Suite des..., 1905

Sale Date: December 9, 2021

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Deux Pigeons, 1960

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Deux Pigeons, 1960

Sale Date: November 27, 2021

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Au Musee de Tel Aviv - Pavillion Helena..., 1959

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Au Musee de Tel Aviv - Pavillion Helena..., 1959

Sale Date: November 28, 2021

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172 Dessins Recents: Galerie Louise Leiris, 1972

Pablo Picasso

172 Dessins Recents: Galerie Louise Leiris, 1972

Sale Date: November 28, 2021

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Paul en Pierrot (Text)

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Paul en Pierrot (Text)

Sale Date: November 28, 2021

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Museo Picasso Barcelona (The Dwarf), 1966

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Museo Picasso Barcelona (The Dwarf), 1966

Sale Date: November 28, 2021

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Figure (Portrait of Marie Therese...

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Figure (Portrait of Marie Therese...

Sale Date: November 28, 2021

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Oeuvre Grave, 1973

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Oeuvre Grave, 1973

Sale Date: November 28, 2021

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Hibou - 1954 (AR # 253), 1954

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Hibou - 1954 (AR # 253), 1954

Sale Date: November 24, 2021

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Femme au chapeau fleuri - 1964 ( #AR 521), 1964

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Femme au chapeau fleuri - 1964 ( #AR 521), 1964

Sale Date: November 24, 2021

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Figure - mai 1929, 1929

Pablo Picasso

Figure - mai 1929, 1929

Sale Date: November 24, 2021

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