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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La femme à la résille, 1949

Pablo Picasso

La femme à la résille, 1949

Sale Date: September 17, 2021

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Les deux femmes nues, Zustandsfolge von , 1945–1946

Pablo Picasso

Les deux femmes nues, Zustandsfolge von , 1945–1946

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Femme debout et femme assise, 1939

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Femme debout et femme assise, 1939

Sale Date: September 17, 2021

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Nature morte cubiste, 1910

Pablo Picasso

Nature morte cubiste, 1910

Sale Date: September 17, 2021

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Saltimbanque et jeune fille, 1905

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Saltimbanque et jeune fille, 1905

Sale Date: September 17, 2021

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Nu debout, 1905

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Nu debout, 1905

Sale Date: September 17, 2021

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Femme au corsage à fleurs, 1957

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Femme au corsage à fleurs, 1957

Sale Date: September 16, 2021

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Portrait de Jacqueline à la fraise, 1962

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Portrait de Jacqueline à la fraise, 1962

Sale Date: September 16, 2021

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Jeune homme couronné de feuillage, 1962

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Jeune homme couronné de feuillage, 1962

Sale Date: September 16, 2021

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Vallavris Exposition, 1952, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Vallavris Exposition, 1952, 1952

Sale Date: August 20, 2021

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Vallavris Exposition, 1953, 1953

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Vallavris Exposition, 1953, 1953

Sale Date: August 20, 2021

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Flautist, 1954, 1954

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Flautist, 1954, 1954

Sale Date: September 16, 2021

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Motiv av ansikte i gult, blått, svart och brunt

Pablo Picasso

Motiv av ansikte i gult, blått, svart och brunt

Sale Date: August 10, 2021

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MASQUE RIEUR (LAUGHING MASK) A.R. 562,..., 1968–1969

Pablo Picasso

MASQUE RIEUR (LAUGHING MASK) A.R. 562,..., 1968–1969

Sale Date: August 17, 2021

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Le Verre Sous La Lampe 1964, 1964

Pablo Picasso

Le Verre Sous La Lampe 1964, 1964

Sale Date: August 31, 2021

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Vallavris Exposition, 1953

Pablo Picasso

Vallavris Exposition, 1953

Sale Date: July 29, 2021

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Vallavris Exposition, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Vallavris Exposition, 1952

Sale Date: July 29, 2021

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组成 22.8.68.II 蚀刻版画, 1968

Pablo Picasso

组成 22.8.68.II 蚀刻版画, 1968

Sale Date: August 29, 2021

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“Sculpteur devant sa Sculpture”, 1927, 1927

Pablo Picasso

“Sculpteur devant sa Sculpture”, 1927, 1927

Sale Date: August 17, 2021

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CÔTE D'AZUR. 1962, 1962

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CÔTE D'AZUR. 1962, 1962

Sale Date: August 5, 2021

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VISAGE À LA CRAVATE

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VISAGE À LA CRAVATE

Sale Date: July 29, 2021

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Femme au Collier, 1962, Cercle D'Art Edition , 1962

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Femme au Collier, 1962, Cercle D'Art Edition , 1962

Sale Date: August 2, 2021

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Sur la Plage (two works from Les Dejeuners), 1961

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Sur la Plage (two works from Les Dejeuners), 1961

Sale Date: August 11, 2021

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« Tête de chèvre de profil » le modèle créé en...

Pablo Picasso

« Tête de chèvre de profil » le modèle créé en...

Sale Date: August 7, 2021

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