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 de jeune fille, 1947

Pablo Picasso

Buste de jeune fille, 1947

Sale Date: September 28, 2021

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Les deux femmes nues, 1946

Pablo Picasso

Les deux femmes nues, 1946

Sale Date: September 28, 2021

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Pierrot et Arlequin, 1920

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Pierrot et Arlequin, 1920

Sale Date: September 28, 2021

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Dix pochoirs, 1920

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Dix pochoirs, 1920

Sale Date: September 28, 2021

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Portrait de Jacqueline en Carmen (L'espagnole), 1962

Pablo Picasso

Portrait de Jacqueline en Carmen (L'espagnole), 1962

Sale Date: September 28, 2021

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Femme au Fauteuil No. 4, 1948

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Femme au Fauteuil No. 4, 1948

Sale Date: September 28, 2021

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Composition from the Imaginary Portraits..., 1969

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Composition from the Imaginary Portraits..., 1969

Sale Date: September 26, 2021

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Deux Filles au Repos, plate 98 from Series 156, 1971

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Deux Filles au Repos, plate 98 from Series 156, 1971

Sale Date: October 6, 2021

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Nature morte au casse-croûte I (Nature morte , 1962

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Nature morte au casse-croûte I (Nature morte , 1962

Sale Date: October 30, 2021

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Face No. 157 1963

Pablo Picasso

Face No. 157 1963

Sale Date: September 21, 2021

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Polychromatic Head 1961, 1961

Pablo Picasso

Polychromatic Head 1961, 1961

Sale Date: September 21, 2021

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Six foulards encadrées

Pablo Picasso

Six foulards encadrées

Sale Date: September 30, 2021

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Le vieux roi, 1959

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Le vieux roi, 1959

Sale Date: September 22, 2021

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Plaisanterie autour du bain turc, jeux,..., 1971

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Plaisanterie autour du bain turc, jeux,..., 1971

Sale Date: September 22, 2021

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Antipodistes observés par une Paysanne et sa , 1966

Pablo Picasso

Antipodistes observés par une Paysanne et sa , 1966

Sale Date: September 22, 2021

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Homme et Femme, 1927

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Homme et Femme, 1927

Sale Date: September 22, 2021

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La Table, from 'Max Jacob: Saint Matorel', 1910

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La Table, from 'Max Jacob: Saint Matorel', 1910

Sale Date: September 22, 2021

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Untitled, from Verve Nos. 29-30, 1954

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Untitled, from Verve Nos. 29-30, 1954

Sale Date: September 22, 2021

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Luncheon on the grass, after Edouard Manet

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Luncheon on the grass, after Edouard Manet

Sale Date: October 5, 2021

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Fruit press

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Fruit press

Sale Date: October 5, 2021

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Profil de Jeune Fille on Chapeau

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Profil de Jeune Fille on Chapeau

Sale Date: October 5, 2021

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Bird Bowl, 1955

Pablo Picasso

Bird Bowl, 1955

Sale Date: September 23, 2021

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Pour Mon Ami Edward Quinn, 1960

Pablo Picasso

Pour Mon Ami Edward Quinn, 1960

Sale Date: September 29, 2021

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L'arlequin et sa compagne

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L'arlequin et sa compagne

Sale Date: September 20, 2021

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