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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Chouette (Alain Raimé 604), 1969

Pablo Picasso

Chouette (Alain Raimé 604), 1969

Sale Date: October 22, 2021

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Petit visage solaire (Alain Ramié 553), 1968

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Petit visage solaire (Alain Ramié 553), 1968

Sale Date: October 22, 2021

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Bouteille gravée (Alain Ramié 249), 1954

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Bouteille gravée (Alain Ramié 249), 1954

Sale Date: October 22, 2021

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Corrida (Alain Ramié 182), 1953

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Corrida (Alain Ramié 182), 1953

Sale Date: October 22, 2021

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Oiseau à la huppe (Alain Ramié 173), 1952

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Oiseau à la huppe (Alain Ramié 173), 1952

Sale Date: October 22, 2021

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Picador (Alain Ramié 160), 1952

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Picador (Alain Ramié 160), 1952

Sale Date: October 22, 2021

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Cavalier et cheval (Alain Ramié 138), 1952

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Cavalier et cheval (Alain Ramié 138), 1952

Sale Date: October 22, 2021

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Nature morte à la Charlotte, 1960

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Nature morte à la Charlotte, 1960

Sale Date: October 22, 2021

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Vénus et l'amour voleur de miel (d'après..., 1957

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Vénus et l'amour voleur de miel (d'après..., 1957

Sale Date: October 22, 2021

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Femme dans l'atelier, 1956

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Femme dans l'atelier, 1956

Sale Date: October 22, 2021

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Picasso, son oeuvre, et son public (Bloch..., 1968

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Picasso, son oeuvre, et son public (Bloch..., 1968

Sale Date: October 22, 2021

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Sable mouvant (Bloch 1183-1192; Baer..., 1966

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Sable mouvant (Bloch 1183-1192; Baer..., 1966

Sale Date: October 22, 2021

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Homme barbu couronné de vigne (Bloch 1089;..., 1962

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Homme barbu couronné de vigne (Bloch 1089;..., 1962

Sale Date: October 22, 2021

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Peintre au travail avec modèle barbu et une..., 1963

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Peintre au travail avec modèle barbu et une..., 1963

Sale Date: October 22, 2021

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Tête de femme au chapeau (Bloch 1070; Baer..., 1962

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Tête de femme au chapeau (Bloch 1070; Baer..., 1962

Sale Date: October 22, 2021

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Muerte del toro (Bloch 972; Baer 992), 1959

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Muerte del toro (Bloch 972; Baer 992), 1959

Sale Date: October 22, 2021

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Bacchanale avec une femme assise tenant un..., 1959

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Bacchanale avec une femme assise tenant un..., 1959

Sale Date: October 22, 2021

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Picador et taureau (Bloch 907; Baer 1229), 1959

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Picador et taureau (Bloch 907; Baer 1229), 1959

Sale Date: October 22, 2021

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Tête de femme de profil (Bloch 905; Baer 1246), 1959

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Tête de femme de profil (Bloch 905; Baer 1246), 1959

Sale Date: October 22, 2021

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Jacqueline de profil à droite (Bloch 854;..., 1958

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Jacqueline de profil à droite (Bloch 854;..., 1958

Sale Date: October 22, 2021

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Vingt poëmes de Góngora (Bloch 476 -..., 1947–1948

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Vingt poëmes de Góngora (Bloch 476 -..., 1947–1948

Sale Date: October 22, 2021

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Bacchanale; and Jeu de la corrida (Bloch..., 1957

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Bacchanale; and Jeu de la corrida (Bloch..., 1957

Sale Date: October 22, 2021

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Le Cirque; and Corrida (Bloch 385 &..., 1945–1946

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Le Cirque; and Corrida (Bloch 385 &..., 1945–1946

Sale Date: October 22, 2021

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Grand profil (Bloch 444; Mourlot 85), 1947

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Grand profil (Bloch 444; Mourlot 85), 1947

Sale Date: October 22, 2021

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