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'Homme au Chien, 1915

Pablo Picasso

L'Homme au Chien, 1915

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Le Couvent, from Saint Matorel, 1910

Pablo Picasso

Le Couvent, from Saint Matorel, 1910

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Deux Figures nues, 1909

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Deux Figures nues, 1909

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Salomé, from La Suite des Saltimbanques, 1905

Pablo Picasso

Salomé, from La Suite des Saltimbanques, 1905

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Téte de femme, from La Suite des Saltimbanques, 1905

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Téte de femme, from La Suite des Saltimbanques, 1905

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Wood Owl, 1968, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Wood Owl, 1968, 1968

Sale Date: September 11, 2021

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Taureau et chevaux dans l'arène (Bloch, , 1933–1939

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Taureau et chevaux dans l'arène (Bloch, , 1933–1939

Sale Date: September 18, 2021

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Famille de saltimbanques (Bloch, 163), 1933–1939

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Famille de saltimbanques (Bloch, 163), 1933–1939

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Pichet gothique aux feuilles, 1952

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Pichet gothique aux feuilles, 1952

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Tête de chèvre de profil, 1952

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Tête de chèvre de profil, 1952

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Max Jacob. Le Siège de Jérusalem. Grande..., 1914

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Max Jacob. Le Siège de Jérusalem. Grande..., 1914

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Le chandail brodé, 1953

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Le chandail brodé, 1953

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Buste de femme au corsage blanc, 1957

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Buste de femme au corsage blanc, 1957

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L'italienne, 1953

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L'italienne, 1953

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Femme au fauteuil No. 4, 1949

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Femme au fauteuil No. 4, 1949

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Composition, 1948

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Composition, 1948

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Tête de taureau, tournée à droite, 1948

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Tête de taureau, tournée à droite, 1948

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Jeunes femmes nue reposant, 1947

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Jeunes femmes nue reposant, 1947

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La femme au collier, 1947

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La femme au collier, 1947

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Profil au fond noir, 1947

Pablo Picasso

Profil au fond noir, 1947

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Tête de jeune fille, 1947

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Tête de jeune fille, 1947

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Salomé dansant pour Hérode, Blatt 143 der..., 1971

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Salomé dansant pour Hérode, Blatt 143 der..., 1971

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Degas, les mains dans le dos, et deux..., 1971

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Degas, les mains dans le dos, et deux..., 1971

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Femme au lit avec visiteurs en costume du..., 1971

Pablo Picasso

Femme au lit avec visiteurs en costume du..., 1971

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