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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Le joueur de flute, 1951

Pablo Picasso

Le joueur de flute, 1951

Sale Date: June 16, 2021

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Bouquet à la pomme, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Bouquet à la pomme, 1956

Sale Date: June 16, 2021

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Bacchanale à l’Acrobate, 1959

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Bacchanale à l’Acrobate, 1959

Sale Date: June 22, 2021

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Homme barbu couronné de feuilles de vigne, 1962

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Homme barbu couronné de feuilles de vigne, 1962

Sale Date: June 22, 2021

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Faune Musicien No. 5, 1948

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Faune Musicien No. 5, 1948

Sale Date: June 22, 2021

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Femme accroupie au bras levé, 1956

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Femme accroupie au bras levé, 1956

Sale Date: June 22, 2021

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Bright dove, 1953

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Bright dove, 1953

Sale Date: June 22, 2021

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Faun’s face, 1955

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Faun’s face, 1955

Sale Date: June 22, 2021

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Tauromachy scene, 1954

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Tauromachy scene, 1954

Sale Date: June 22, 2021

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Picador, 1954

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Picador, 1954

Sale Date: June 22, 2021

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Wood-owl, 1969

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Wood-owl, 1969

Sale Date: June 22, 2021

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Bird no 83, 1963

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Bird no 83, 1963

Sale Date: June 22, 2021

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Bird no 93, 1963

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Bird no 93, 1963

Sale Date: June 22, 2021

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Wood-owl, 1969

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Wood-owl, 1969

Sale Date: June 22, 2021

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Face, 1965

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Face, 1965

Sale Date: June 22, 2021

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Lysistrata (Bl. 267-272, Ba. 387-392, C. 24), 1934

Pablo Picasso

Lysistrata (Bl. 267-272, Ba. 387-392, C. 24), 1934

Sale Date: June 15, 2021

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Sable mouvant (Quicksand) (Bl. 1183-1192,..., 1966

Pablo Picasso

Sable mouvant (Quicksand) (Bl. 1183-1192,..., 1966

Sale Date: June 15, 2021

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La Jeune artiste (The Young Artist) (Bl...., 1949

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La Jeune artiste (The Young Artist) (Bl...., 1949

Sale Date: June 15, 2021

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Femme aux trois Profils, en Chemise et en..., 1971

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Femme aux trois Profils, en Chemise et en..., 1971

Sale Date: June 15, 2021

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La Fête de la Patronne, ces Dames médisent..., 1971

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La Fête de la Patronne, ces Dames médisent..., 1971

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Portrait imaginaire (Imaginary Portraits):..., 1969

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Portrait imaginaire (Imaginary Portraits):..., 1969

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Exposition Vallauris (Vallauris Exhibition)..., 1964

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Exposition Vallauris (Vallauris Exhibition)..., 1964

Sale Date: June 15, 2021

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Visage à la fraise (Strawberry Face) (R. 625), 1971

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Visage à la fraise (Strawberry Face) (R. 625), 1971

Sale Date: June 15, 2021

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Tête de chèvre de profil (Goat's Head in..., 1950

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Tête de chèvre de profil (Goat's Head in..., 1950

Sale Date: June 15, 2021

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