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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Black and Maroon Owl (A.R. 123), 1951

Pablo Picasso

Black and Maroon Owl (A.R. 123), 1951

Sale Date: September 29, 2021

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Scene Bacchique au Minotaure (from La Suite..., 1933

Pablo Picasso

Scene Bacchique au Minotaure (from La Suite..., 1933

Sale Date: September 29, 2021

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A group of three prints from Portraits..., 1969

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A group of three prints from Portraits..., 1969

Sale Date: September 29, 2021

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La fenêtre de l’atelier à la Californie, 1959, 1959

Pablo Picasso

La fenêtre de l’atelier à la Californie, 1959, 1959

Sale Date: September 29, 2021

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Plantes Tropicales, 1949

Pablo Picasso

Plantes Tropicales, 1949

Sale Date: September 29, 2021

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“Trois Acteurs”

Pablo Picasso

“Trois Acteurs”

Sale Date: September 15, 2021

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La Bouteille de Rhum, 1965

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La Bouteille de Rhum, 1965

Sale Date: September 15, 2021

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Corrida: La Mort du Taureau (B. 987; Ba. 1061), 1960

Pablo Picasso

Corrida: La Mort du Taureau (B. 987; Ba. 1061), 1960

Sale Date: September 15, 2021

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Gentilhomme et Maja (B. 1616; Ba. 1632), 1968

Pablo Picasso

Gentilhomme et Maja (B. 1616; Ba. 1632), 1968

Sale Date: September 15, 2021

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Mon Dieu, quel homme, qu'il est petit (B...., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Mon Dieu, quel homme, qu'il est petit (B...., 1968

Sale Date: September 15, 2021

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Six Contes Fantasques: Plate II (B. 365; Ba. , 1944

Pablo Picasso

Six Contes Fantasques: Plate II (B. 365; Ba. , 1944

Sale Date: September 15, 2021

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Grand nu de femme (B. 1085; Ba. 1309; PP...., 1963

Pablo Picasso

Grand nu de femme (B. 1085; Ba. 1309; PP...., 1963

Sale Date: September 15, 2021

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Jacqueline au chapeau a fleurs I (B. 1076;..., 1962

Pablo Picasso

Jacqueline au chapeau a fleurs I (B. 1076;..., 1962

Sale Date: September 15, 2021

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Bacchanale au taureau (B. 932; Ba. 1262; PP. , 1959

Pablo Picasso

Bacchanale au taureau (B. 932; Ba. 1262; PP. , 1959

Sale Date: September 15, 2021

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Jacqueline aux cheveux flous, en buste (B...., 1962

Pablo Picasso

Jacqueline aux cheveux flous, en buste (B...., 1962

Sale Date: September 15, 2021

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La Femme à la Fenêtre (B. 695; Ba. 891/II/A), 1952

Pablo Picasso

La Femme à la Fenêtre (B. 695; Ba. 891/II/A), 1952

Sale Date: September 15, 2021

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Le Peintre et son Modèle IV (B. 1141; Ba...., 1963

Pablo Picasso

Le Peintre et son Modèle IV (B. 1141; Ba...., 1963

Sale Date: September 15, 2021

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Vénus et l'Amour, d'après Cranach (B. 1835;..., 1949

Pablo Picasso

Vénus et l'Amour, d'après Cranach (B. 1835;..., 1949

Sale Date: September 15, 2021

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Faune dévoilant une femme (B. 230; Ba. 609), 1936

Pablo Picasso

Faune dévoilant une femme (B. 230; Ba. 609), 1936

Sale Date: September 15, 2021

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Le Repas Frugal (Bloch 1; Baer 2), 1904

Pablo Picasso

Le Repas Frugal (Bloch 1; Baer 2), 1904

Sale Date: September 15, 2021

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Tete d'Histrion (Le danseur), 1973

Pablo Picasso

Tete d'Histrion (Le danseur), 1973

Sale Date: September 18, 2021

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Senza titolo, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Senza titolo, 1968

Sale Date: September 18, 2021

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Tauromachy Scene, 1957

Pablo Picasso

Tauromachy Scene, 1957

Sale Date: September 28, 2021

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Two Dancers, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Two Dancers, 1956

Sale Date: September 28, 2021

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