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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Homme et femme au bouquet, 1970

Pablo Picasso

Homme et femme au bouquet, 1970

Sale Date: June 29, 2021

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Bras vertical, 1959

Pablo Picasso

Bras vertical, 1959

Sale Date: June 29, 2021

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COLOMBE DE LA PAIX / DOVE OF PEACE, 1950

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COLOMBE DE LA PAIX / DOVE OF PEACE, 1950

Sale Date: July 10, 2021

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LE VIEUX ROI LITHOGRAPH BY PABLO PICASSO, 1959

Pablo Picasso

LE VIEUX ROI LITHOGRAPH BY PABLO PICASSO, 1959

Sale Date: June 26, 2021

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DANCE OF THE FAUNE PRINT BY PABLO PICASSO

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DANCE OF THE FAUNE PRINT BY PABLO PICASSO

Sale Date: June 26, 2021

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Visiteurs divins à l'atelier ou Variation..., 1965

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Visiteurs divins à l'atelier ou Variation..., 1965

Sale Date: June 25, 2021

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Citando al toro a banderillas sentado, fin..., 1957

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Citando al toro a banderillas sentado, fin..., 1957

Sale Date: June 25, 2021

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El Arrastre, fin avril 1957, 1957

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El Arrastre, fin avril 1957, 1957

Sale Date: June 25, 2021

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A los toros, fin avril 1957, 1957

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A los toros, fin avril 1957, 1957

Sale Date: June 25, 2021

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Les picadores II, avril 1957, 1957

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Les picadores II, avril 1957, 1957

Sale Date: June 25, 2021

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La Chèvre, 20 juin 1952, 1952

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La Chèvre, 20 juin 1952, 1952

Sale Date: June 25, 2021

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Portrait de Françoise au corsage, 1952, 1952

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Portrait de Françoise au corsage, 1952, 1952

Sale Date: June 25, 2021

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Le pigeon, 1936, 1936

Pablo Picasso

Le pigeon, 1936, 1936

Sale Date: June 25, 2021

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Paloma et Claude, 16 avril 1950, 1950

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Paloma et Claude, 16 avril 1950, 1950

Sale Date: June 25, 2021

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Le fumeur pour Daniel Henri Kahnweiler, 1964, 1964

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Le fumeur pour Daniel Henri Kahnweiler, 1964, 1964

Sale Date: June 25, 2021

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Tête d'homme pour Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler,..., 1964

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Tête d'homme pour Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler,..., 1964

Sale Date: June 25, 2021

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Trois fragments de têtes, 1931, 1931

Pablo Picasso

Trois fragments de têtes, 1931, 1931

Sale Date: June 25, 2021

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La dernière gravure de Picasso, 4 avril 1972, 1972

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La dernière gravure de Picasso, 4 avril 1972, 1972

Sale Date: June 25, 2021

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Flutiste et chèvre savante, 1959, 1959

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Flutiste et chèvre savante, 1959, 1959

Sale Date: June 25, 2021

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Gravure originale pour le frontispice de..., 1949

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Gravure originale pour le frontispice de..., 1949

Sale Date: June 25, 2021

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Les Ménines et la Vie, 9 septembre 1958, 1958

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Les Ménines et la Vie, 9 septembre 1958, 1958

Sale Date: June 25, 2021

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La femme au miroir, 1922, 1922

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La femme au miroir, 1922, 1922

Sale Date: June 25, 2021

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Femme (Dora Maar) qui pleure devant un mur,..., 1937

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Femme (Dora Maar) qui pleure devant un mur,..., 1937

Sale Date: June 25, 2021

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花瓶 铸铜雕塑

Pablo Picasso

花瓶 铸铜雕塑

Sale Date: June 19, 2021

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