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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ZŁAMANA PIKA, 1959

Pablo Picasso

ZŁAMANA PIKA, 1959

Sale Date: June 19, 2021

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GITARZYSTA I ŚPIĄCA KOBIETA

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GITARZYSTA I ŚPIĄCA KOBIETA

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DWIE KOBIETY PRZY OKNIE, 1959

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DWIE KOBIETY PRZY OKNIE, 1959

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Tete de chevre, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Tete de chevre, 1952

Sale Date: June 16, 2021

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Suite Vollard 1930-37

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Suite Vollard 1930-37

Sale Date: June 13, 2021

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Étude de plusieurs personnages dont Paul..., 1905

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Étude de plusieurs personnages dont Paul..., 1905

Sale Date: June 12, 2021

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Chouette mate, 1958, 1958

Pablo Picasso

Chouette mate, 1958, 1958

Sale Date: June 11, 2021

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Senza titolo, 1966, 1966

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Senza titolo, 1966, 1966

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LAMPE 'FEMME', 1955

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LAMPE 'FEMME', 1955

Sale Date: June 15, 2021

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PICHET BOULE 'TAUREAU', 1957

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PICHET BOULE 'TAUREAU', 1957

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Femme nue invoquant le ciel, 1902–1903

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Femme nue invoquant le ciel, 1902–1903

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Face (pitcher), 1955

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Face (pitcher), 1955

Sale Date: June 19, 2021

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Clair de terre. Avec un portrait par..., 1923

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Clair de terre. Avec un portrait par..., 1923

Sale Date: June 18, 2021

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Les Joues en feu. Poèmes anciens et..., 1917–1921

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Les Joues en feu. Poèmes anciens et..., 1917–1921

Sale Date: June 18, 2021

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Le Crâne de Chèvre sur la table (Goat Skull..., 1953

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Le Crâne de Chèvre sur la table (Goat Skull..., 1953

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Goat's head in profile, 1950

Pablo Picasso

Goat's head in profile, 1950

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Face, 1955

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Face, 1955

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Young wood-owl, 1952

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Young wood-owl, 1952

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Flute player, 1951

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Flute player, 1951

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White ground fish, 1952

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White ground fish, 1952

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Four polychrome fishes, 1947

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Four polychrome fishes, 1947

Sale Date: June 16, 2021

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La bouteille de rhum, 1965

Pablo Picasso

La bouteille de rhum, 1965

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Le peintre, 1963

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Le peintre, 1963

Sale Date: June 16, 2021

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Marie-Thérèse, en vestale, weillant le..., 1933

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Marie-Thérèse, en vestale, weillant le..., 1933

Sale Date: June 16, 2021

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