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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Hibou marron noir (A. R. 123), 1951

Pablo Picasso

Hibou marron noir (A. R. 123), 1951

Sale Date: June 24, 2021

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Pichet au vase (A. R. 226), 1954

Pablo Picasso

Pichet au vase (A. R. 226), 1954

Sale Date: June 24, 2021

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Chope visage (A. R. 434), 1959

Pablo Picasso

Chope visage (A. R. 434), 1959

Sale Date: June 24, 2021

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Visage de face (A. R. 497), 1963

Pablo Picasso

Visage de face (A. R. 497), 1963

Sale Date: June 24, 2021

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Grosse tête, profil droit (A. R. 536), 1965

Pablo Picasso

Grosse tête, profil droit (A. R. 536), 1965

Sale Date: June 24, 2021

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Footballeur (A. R. 538), 1965

Pablo Picasso

Footballeur (A. R. 538), 1965

Sale Date: June 24, 2021

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Visage de femme (A. R. 220), 1953

Pablo Picasso

Visage de femme (A. R. 220), 1953

Sale Date: June 24, 2021

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Visage à la fraise (A. R. 625), 1971

Pablo Picasso

Visage à la fraise (A. R. 625), 1971

Sale Date: June 24, 2021

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Visage en gros relief (A. R. 408), 1959

Pablo Picasso

Visage en gros relief (A. R. 408), 1959

Sale Date: June 24, 2021

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Visage dans un ovale (A. R. 275), 1955

Pablo Picasso

Visage dans un ovale (A. R. 275), 1955

Sale Date: June 24, 2021

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Joueur de diaule (Alain Ramié 1), 1947

Pablo Picasso

Joueur de diaule (Alain Ramié 1), 1947

Sale Date: June 24, 2021

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Homme au chapeau assis, 1972

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Homme au chapeau assis, 1972

Sale Date: June 30, 2021

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L'Étreinte, 1969

Pablo Picasso

L'Étreinte, 1969

Sale Date: June 30, 2021

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Tête de femme, 1941

Pablo Picasso

Tête de femme, 1941

Sale Date: June 30, 2021

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«CHOUETTE», 1968

Pablo Picasso

«CHOUETTE», 1968

Sale Date: July 1, 2021

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Tête de chèvre

Pablo Picasso

Tête de chèvre

Sale Date: June 28, 2021

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Visage No. 111 (A. Ramié 746) 440/500, 1965

Pablo Picasso

Visage No. 111 (A. Ramié 746) 440/500, 1965

Sale Date: June 24, 2021

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“Picador”, 1955, 1955

Pablo Picasso

“Picador”, 1955, 1955

Sale Date: June 22, 2021

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PABLO PICASSO MADOURA POTTERY PLATE B 1948, 1948

Pablo Picasso

PABLO PICASSO MADOURA POTTERY PLATE B 1948, 1948

Sale Date: June 19, 2021

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Tête de chèvre de profil (Ramié 146), 1952

Pablo Picasso

Tête de chèvre de profil (Ramié 146), 1952

Sale Date: June 23, 2021

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El Arrastre, avec Écuyère et Putto, from..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

El Arrastre, avec Écuyère et Putto, from..., 1968

Sale Date: June 23, 2021

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Le Repos du Sculpteur II, from La Suite..., 1933

Pablo Picasso

Le Repos du Sculpteur II, from La Suite..., 1933

Sale Date: June 23, 2021

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Minotaure mourant, from La Suite Vollard..., 1933

Pablo Picasso

Minotaure mourant, from La Suite Vollard..., 1933

Sale Date: June 23, 2021

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Le Repos du Sculpteur III, from La Suite..., 1933

Pablo Picasso

Le Repos du Sculpteur III, from La Suite..., 1933

Sale Date: June 23, 2021

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