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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DEUX FEMMES SE REPOSANT / TWO WOMEN RELAXING, 1931

Pablo Picasso

DEUX FEMMES SE REPOSANT / TWO WOMEN RELAXING, 1931

Sale Date: November 18, 2021

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TÊTE DE JEUNE FEMME / HEAD OF A YOUNG WOMAN, 1947

Pablo Picasso

TÊTE DE JEUNE FEMME / HEAD OF A YOUNG WOMAN, 1947

Sale Date: November 18, 2021

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BUSTE DE FEMME AU CORSAGE BLANC(JACQUELINE..., 1957

Pablo Picasso

BUSTE DE FEMME AU CORSAGE BLANC(JACQUELINE..., 1957

Sale Date: November 18, 2021

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FAUNE DÉVOILANT UNE DORMEUSE / WILDLIFE..., 1936

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FAUNE DÉVOILANT UNE DORMEUSE / WILDLIFE..., 1936

Sale Date: November 18, 2021

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FOUR ENLACED PROFILES, 1949

Pablo Picasso

FOUR ENLACED PROFILES, 1949

Sale Date: November 18, 2021

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WOMAN'S FACE, 1953

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WOMAN'S FACE, 1953

Sale Date: November 18, 2021

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TÊTE EN FORME D’HORLOGE / CLOCK-SHAPED HEAD, 1967

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TÊTE EN FORME D’HORLOGE / CLOCK-SHAPED HEAD, 1967

Sale Date: November 18, 2021

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Le Peintre et son modèle | 《畫家與模特兒》, 1964

Pablo Picasso

Le Peintre et son modèle | 《畫家與模特兒》, 1964

Sale Date: November 16, 2021

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Tête de femme | 《女子頭像》, 1953

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Tête de femme | 《女子頭像》, 1953

Sale Date: November 16, 2021

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Portrait de Dora Maar | 《朵拉・瑪爾頭像》, 1942

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Portrait de Dora Maar | 《朵拉・瑪爾頭像》, 1942

Sale Date: November 16, 2021

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La Chouette | 《貓頭鷹》, 1953

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La Chouette | 《貓頭鷹》, 1953

Sale Date: November 16, 2021

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Bathseba (Bethsabée), 1960

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Bathseba (Bethsabée), 1960

Sale Date: December 4, 2021

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Visage, 1955

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Visage, 1955

Sale Date: December 3, 2021

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Taureau Ailé contemplé par Quatre Enfants, 1934

Pablo Picasso

Taureau Ailé contemplé par Quatre Enfants, 1934

Sale Date: November 11, 2021

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Colombe a la Lucarne (A.R. 78), 1949

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Colombe a la Lucarne (A.R. 78), 1949

Sale Date: November 11, 2021

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Peintre devant une des trois grâces de Raphaël, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Peintre devant une des trois grâces de Raphaël, 1968

Sale Date: November 11, 2021

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Femme acrobate au maquillage pailleté et..., 1968

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Femme acrobate au maquillage pailleté et..., 1968

Sale Date: November 11, 2021

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Figure (Projet pour un monument à Guillaume..., 1962

Pablo Picasso

Figure (Projet pour un monument à Guillaume..., 1962

Sale Date: November 16, 2021

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Picasso lithographe, 1949–1964

Pablo Picasso

Picasso lithographe, 1949–1964

Sale Date: November 23, 2021

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A 'Banderilleros' faience dish, Madoura,..., 1959

Pablo Picasso

A 'Banderilleros' faience dish, Madoura,..., 1959

Sale Date: November 17, 2021

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a 'Toros' faience dish, Madoura, Vallauris,..., 1952

Pablo Picasso

a 'Toros' faience dish, Madoura, Vallauris,..., 1952

Sale Date: November 17, 2021

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a 'Picador' faience bowl, Madoura,..., 1955

Pablo Picasso

a 'Picador' faience bowl, Madoura,..., 1955

Sale Date: November 17, 2021

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a 'Femme' faience pitcher, Madoura,..., 1955

Pablo Picasso

a 'Femme' faience pitcher, Madoura,..., 1955

Sale Date: November 17, 2021

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a 'Cendrier rond tourné', faience dish,..., 1952

Pablo Picasso

a 'Cendrier rond tourné', faience dish,..., 1952

Sale Date: November 17, 2021

Auction Closed

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