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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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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A Pablo Picasso pitcher, Madoura 1951, 1951

Pablo Picasso

A Pablo Picasso pitcher, Madoura 1951, 1951

Sale Date: May 25, 2021

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Paix et Désarmement pour le Succès de la..., 1960

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Paix et Désarmement pour le Succès de la..., 1960

Sale Date: May 20, 2021

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PICASSO.- REVENTOS (Ramos) Deux Contes (Le...

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PICASSO.- REVENTOS (Ramos) Deux Contes (Le...

Sale Date: May 25, 2021

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PICASSO.- TOESCA (Maurice) Six contes...

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PICASSO.- TOESCA (Maurice) Six contes...

Sale Date: May 25, 2021

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PICASSO.- CÉSAIRE (Aimé) Corps perdu. Paris,...

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PICASSO.- CÉSAIRE (Aimé) Corps perdu. Paris,...

Sale Date: May 25, 2021

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La Couseuse (The Seamstress), 1905

Pablo Picasso

La Couseuse (The Seamstress), 1905

Sale Date: May 25, 2021

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Nu couché à la libellule, 1968

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Nu couché à la libellule, 1968

Sale Date: May 24, 2021

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The Little Artist (Le Petit Dessinateur), 1954

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The Little Artist (Le Petit Dessinateur), 1954

Sale Date: May 23, 2021

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Family Scene from the '347 Series', 1968

Pablo Picasso

Family Scene from the '347 Series', 1968

Sale Date: May 14, 2021

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Avant la pique, I, 1959

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Avant la pique, I, 1959

Sale Date: May 20, 2021

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Profil d'homme, 1924

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Profil d'homme, 1924

Sale Date: May 20, 2021

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Groupe de trois femmes, 1923

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Groupe de trois femmes, 1923

Sale Date: May 20, 2021

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La Plage III, 1932

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La Plage III, 1932

Sale Date: May 20, 2021

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Les trois Graces II, 1922–1923

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Les trois Graces II, 1922–1923

Sale Date: May 15, 2021

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SUENO Y MENTIRA DE FRANCO (a set of 2), 1937

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SUENO Y MENTIRA DE FRANCO (a set of 2), 1937

Sale Date: May 15, 2021

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Motifs no.45 (plate), 1963

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Motifs no.45 (plate), 1963

Sale Date: May 15, 2021

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347 Series No.216, 1968

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347 Series No.216, 1968

Sale Date: May 15, 2021

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156 Series No.59, 1921

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156 Series No.59, 1921

Sale Date: May 15, 2021

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Le Peintre et Son Modele, from Prints from..., 1964

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Le Peintre et Son Modele, from Prints from..., 1964

Sale Date: May 19, 2021

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Fluers dans un verre, No. 6 (frontispiece),..., 1950

Pablo Picasso

Fluers dans un verre, No. 6 (frontispiece),..., 1950

Sale Date: May 19, 2021

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L'Age de Soleil (Pour Roby), 1950

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L'Age de Soleil (Pour Roby), 1950

Sale Date: May 19, 2021

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Plate 225, from La série des 347 gravures, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Plate 225, from La série des 347 gravures, 1968

Sale Date: May 19, 2021

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Paloma & Claude, from Picasso Lithographs,..., 1950

Pablo Picasso

Paloma & Claude, from Picasso Lithographs,..., 1950

Sale Date: May 19, 2021

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