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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Visage no. 130 (A.R. 479), 1963

Pablo Picasso

Visage no. 130 (A.R. 479), 1963

Sale Date: November 15, 2021

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Lampe femme (A.R. 295), 1955

Pablo Picasso

Lampe femme (A.R. 295), 1955

Sale Date: November 15, 2021

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Visage no. 111 (A.R. 476), 1963

Pablo Picasso

Visage no. 111 (A.R. 476), 1963

Sale Date: November 15, 2021

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Chouette (A.R. 543), 1968

Pablo Picasso

Chouette (A.R. 543), 1968

Sale Date: November 15, 2021

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Centaure (A.R. 102), 1950

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Centaure (A.R. 102), 1950

Sale Date: November 15, 2021

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Mains au poisson (A.R. 214), 1953

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Mains au poisson (A.R. 214), 1953

Sale Date: November 15, 2021

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Sujet colombe (A.R. 435), 1959

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Sujet colombe (A.R. 435), 1959

Sale Date: November 15, 2021

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Joueur de flûte et chèvre (A.R. 382), 1956

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Joueur de flûte et chèvre (A.R. 382), 1956

Sale Date: November 15, 2021

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Femme échevelée (A.R. 510), 1963

Pablo Picasso

Femme échevelée (A.R. 510), 1963

Sale Date: November 15, 2021

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a 'Visage dans un ovale' faience dish, 1955

Pablo Picasso

a 'Visage dans un ovale' faience dish, 1955

Sale Date: November 17, 2021

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a faience 'Arène' vase, 1958

Pablo Picasso

a faience 'Arène' vase, 1958

Sale Date: November 17, 2021

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Taureau attaquant (Attacking Bull), and Visage...

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Taureau attaquant (Attacking Bull), and Visage...

Sale Date: November 13, 2021

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Scène bachique au Minotaure, 1933

Pablo Picasso

Scène bachique au Minotaure, 1933

Sale Date: November 18, 2021

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Femme Assise, 1945

Pablo Picasso

Femme Assise, 1945

Sale Date: November 18, 2021

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Deux Ex Libris

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Deux Ex Libris

Sale Date: November 24, 2021

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Tête d'Histrion (Le Danseur), 1965

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Tête d'Histrion (Le Danseur), 1965

Sale Date: November 30, 2021

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Masque

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Masque

Sale Date: November 9, 2021

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Pigeonneau dans son nid (M. 71, B. 427), 1947

Pablo Picasso

Pigeonneau dans son nid (M. 71, B. 427), 1947

Sale Date: November 7, 2021

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Toros (A.R. 161), 1952

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Toros (A.R. 161), 1952

Sale Date: November 7, 2021

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Nature morte, 1947

Pablo Picasso

Nature morte, 1947

Sale Date: November 13, 2021

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Nature morte, 1947

Pablo Picasso

Nature morte, 1947

Sale Date: November 13, 2021

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Grand vase aux femmes voilées (A.R. 116), 1950

Pablo Picasso

Grand vase aux femmes voilées (A.R. 116), 1950

Sale Date: November 13, 2021

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Buste De Femme D'Apres Cranach, 1966

Pablo Picasso

Buste De Femme D'Apres Cranach, 1966

Sale Date: November 12, 2021

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Profil de Taureau (Bull's Profile)

Pablo Picasso

Profil de Taureau (Bull's Profile)

Sale Date: November 6, 2021

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