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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Buste d’homme, 1969

Pablo Picasso

Buste d’homme, 1969

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Homme au chapeau, 1964

Pablo Picasso

Homme au chapeau, 1964

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Bouteille de Rhum, 1965

Pablo Picasso

Bouteille de Rhum, 1965

Sale Date: December 8, 2021

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Pigeon au fonds gris, 1947

Pablo Picasso

Pigeon au fonds gris, 1947

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Le Crapaud (Die Kröte), 1949

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Le Crapaud (Die Kröte), 1949

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Bacchanale, 1955

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Bacchanale, 1955

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La Danse des Faunes, 1957

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La Danse des Faunes, 1957

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L’âne, 1936

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L’âne, 1936

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L’Aveille (L’abeille), 1936

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L’Aveille (L’abeille), 1936

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La comédie humaine, 1954

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La comédie humaine, 1954

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Tête d'Homme Barbu

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Tête d'Homme Barbu

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Visage dans étoile

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Visage dans étoile

Sale Date: November 23, 2021

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Portrait de Marie-Therese en Face, 1934

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Portrait de Marie-Therese en Face, 1934

Sale Date: November 23, 2021

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HENKELVASE GUFO (ENTWURF), 1950–1999

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HENKELVASE GUFO (ENTWURF), 1950–1999

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HENKELKRUG VISAGE AUX CERCLES, 1969

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HENKELKRUG VISAGE AUX CERCLES, 1969

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MODÈLE ET GRANDE TÊTE SCULPTÉE, 1933

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MODÈLE ET GRANDE TÊTE SCULPTÉE, 1933

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SCULPTEUR, MODÈLE ACCROUPI ET TÊTE SCULPTÉE, 1933

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SCULPTEUR, MODÈLE ACCROUPI ET TÊTE SCULPTÉE, 1933

Sale Date: December 3, 2021

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“Le vieux roi”, 1959 (6–1-59), 1959

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“Le vieux roi”, 1959 (6–1-59), 1959

Sale Date: December 8, 2021

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“Le vieux roi”, 1959 (6–1-59), 1959

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“Le vieux roi”, 1959 (6–1-59), 1959

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“Visage brun/bleu”, 1947, 1947

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“Visage brun/bleu”, 1947, 1947

Sale Date: December 8, 2021

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Composition, plate 133 from the series “347..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Composition, plate 133 from the series “347..., 1968

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“Le Modele”, 1965, 1965

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“Le Modele”, 1965, 1965

Sale Date: December 8, 2021

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Degas y dos chicas, una de ellas..., 1971

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Degas y dos chicas, una de ellas..., 1971

Sale Date: November 24, 2021

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Femme au lit avec visiteurs en costume du..., 1971

Pablo Picasso

Femme au lit avec visiteurs en costume du..., 1971

Sale Date: December 4, 2021

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