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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"L’Age De Soleil” (Pour Roby)" and "Nu de Dos"

Sale Date: October 23, 2021

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Dove of Peace, 1961

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Dove of Peace, 1961

Sale Date: November 9, 2021

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Profil de Jacqueline, 1956

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Profil de Jacqueline, 1956

Sale Date: November 9, 2021

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Pichet Anse Prise, 1953

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Pichet Anse Prise, 1953

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LE TRICORNE, 1920, 1920

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LE TRICORNE, 1920, 1920

Sale Date: October 25, 2021

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FRÉDERIC JOLIOT-CURIE, 1959, 1959

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FRÉDERIC JOLIOT-CURIE, 1959, 1959

Sale Date: October 25, 2021

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Ragazzo con aquila e cavaliere, 1967

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Ragazzo con aquila e cavaliere, 1967

Sale Date: November 6, 2021

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Exposition de Céramiques, 1958

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Exposition de Céramiques, 1958

Sale Date: October 23, 2021

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Picasso Peintures 1955-1956, 1957

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Picasso Peintures 1955-1956, 1957

Sale Date: October 23, 2021

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Plato de Toritos fritos, 1957

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Plato de Toritos fritos, 1957

Sale Date: October 23, 2021

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Le Banquet, 1943

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Le Banquet, 1943

Sale Date: October 23, 2021

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Le Chapeau aux Raisins (by F Guy Spitzer), 1913

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Le Chapeau aux Raisins (by F Guy Spitzer), 1913

Sale Date: October 23, 2021

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Peintre et Femme cueillant des Fleurs, 1970

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Peintre et Femme cueillant des Fleurs, 1970

Sale Date: October 23, 2021

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Le Peintre et son Modèle, 1962

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Le Peintre et son Modèle, 1962

Sale Date: October 23, 2021

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Toros y Toreros, 1961

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Toros y Toreros, 1961

Sale Date: October 23, 2021

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Picador au Repos, 1960

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Picador au Repos, 1960

Sale Date: October 23, 2021

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Toros en el Campo, 1957

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Toros en el Campo, 1957

Sale Date: October 23, 2021

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Femme laide devant la Sculpture d

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Femme laide devant la Sculpture d"une..., 1933

Sale Date: October 23, 2021

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Sculpteur et Modèle debout, 1933

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Sculpteur et Modèle debout, 1933

Sale Date: October 23, 2021

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Le Modèle nu, 1927

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Le Modèle nu, 1927

Sale Date: October 23, 2021

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Bacchus et Femme de Profil”, 1934

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Bacchus et Femme de Profil”, 1934

Sale Date: October 28, 2021

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Profil de Jacqueline

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Profil de Jacqueline" (A.R. 309), 1956

Sale Date: October 28, 2021

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Visage aux yeux rieurs (Alain Ramié 608), 1969

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Visage aux yeux rieurs (Alain Ramié 608), 1969

Sale Date: October 22, 2021

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Chouette (Alain Raimé 605), 1969

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Chouette (Alain Raimé 605), 1969

Sale Date: October 22, 2021

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