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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Bouteille et compotier, 1922

Pablo Picasso

Bouteille et compotier, 1922

Sale Date: May 22, 2021

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Nu et tete d'homme de profil, 1971

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Nu et tete d'homme de profil, 1971

Sale Date: May 22, 2021

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Bacchanale avec chevreau et spectateur, 1959

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Bacchanale avec chevreau et spectateur, 1959

Sale Date: May 22, 2021

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Four polychrome fishes (plate), 1947

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Four polychrome fishes (plate), 1947

Sale Date: May 22, 2021

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Peinter et modele tricontant, 1927

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Peinter et modele tricontant, 1927

Sale Date: June 1, 2021

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Adam International Review No. 322-4, 1967

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Adam International Review No. 322-4, 1967

Sale Date: May 26, 2021

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Painter, Nude Model Wearing Hat and..., 1968

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Painter, Nude Model Wearing Hat and..., 1968

Sale Date: May 26, 2021

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La Ronde de Jeunesse, 1961

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La Ronde de Jeunesse, 1961

Sale Date: May 26, 2021

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Dans l'Atelier de Picasso (L'Atelier de..., 1958

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Dans l'Atelier de Picasso (L'Atelier de..., 1958

Sale Date: May 26, 2021

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Le Bac de Gaz, 1945

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Le Bac de Gaz, 1945

Sale Date: May 26, 2021

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Suites pour "La Maîgre" - 1952 - 2 suites..., 1952

Sale Date: June 1, 2021

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La Torera - 1944 - 3 variantes de couleur, 1944

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La Torera - 1944 - 3 variantes de couleur, 1944

Sale Date: June 1, 2021

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Picador - 1952.5 août (A.R # 162), 1952

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Picador - 1952.5 août (A.R # 162), 1952

Sale Date: June 1, 2021

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Couple nu à cheval - 1960, 1960

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Couple nu à cheval - 1960, 1960

Sale Date: June 1, 2021

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Histoire Naturelle (textes de Buffon) - 1942 , 1942

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Histoire Naturelle (textes de Buffon) - 1942 , 1942

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Taureau attaquant un cheval - 1921, 1921

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Taureau attaquant un cheval - 1921, 1921

Sale Date: June 1, 2021

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Portrait de Vollard III - circa 1937..., 1937

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Portrait de Vollard III - circa 1937..., 1937

Sale Date: June 1, 2021

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Portrait de Vollard II - circa 1937 Planche..., 1937

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Portrait de Vollard II - circa 1937 Planche..., 1937

Sale Date: June 1, 2021

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La grande Corrida, avec Femme Torero - 1934, 1934

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La grande Corrida, avec Femme Torero - 1934, 1934

Sale Date: June 1, 2021

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Jacqueline au chevalet - 1956 (A.R # 333), 1956

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Jacqueline au chevalet - 1956 (A.R # 333), 1956

Sale Date: June 1, 2021

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Les Trois Baigneuses III - 1922 / 1923, 1922–1923

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Les Trois Baigneuses III - 1922 / 1923, 1922–1923

Sale Date: June 1, 2021

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Suite de 8 plats de différentes scènes de..., 1959

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Suite de 8 plats de différentes scènes de..., 1959

Sale Date: June 1, 2021

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Tête de jeune fille (Head of young girl), 1946, 1946

Pablo Picasso

Tête de jeune fille (Head of young girl), 1946, 1946

Sale Date: May 25, 2021

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Signerad och numrerad Picasso 32/50...., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Signerad och numrerad Picasso 32/50...., 1968

Sale Date: May 25, 2021

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