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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Bird No. 96, 1963

Pablo Picasso

Bird No. 96, 1963

Sale Date: February 28, 2021

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Fish subject, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Fish subject, 1952

Sale Date: February 28, 2021

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“Dwarf Dancer” (La danseuse naine), 1966, 1966

Pablo Picasso

“Dwarf Dancer” (La danseuse naine), 1966, 1966

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“L'Homme au Bâton”, 1963, 1963

Pablo Picasso

“L'Homme au Bâton”, 1963, 1963

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“Femme du barbu”, 1953, 1953

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“Femme du barbu”, 1953, 1953

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“Visage gris”, 1953, 1953

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“Visage gris”, 1953, 1953

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Grande Maternité, 1963

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Grande Maternité, 1963

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Carnet de Royan, 1940

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Carnet de Royan, 1940

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Tête de Femme au Chapeau, 1956

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Tête de Femme au Chapeau, 1956

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Femme en Buste, 1955

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Femme en Buste, 1955

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Buste de Femme en blanc, 1930

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Buste de Femme en blanc, 1930

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Guéridon avec Guitare et Partition, 1920

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Guéridon avec Guitare et Partition, 1920

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Harlequin, 1966

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Harlequin, 1966

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Series 156:100, 1971

Pablo Picasso

Series 156:100, 1971

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Series 347:158 (Les Deux Femmes avec Voyeur), 1968

Pablo Picasso

Series 347:158 (Les Deux Femmes avec Voyeur), 1968

Sale Date: March 4, 2021

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Series 347:322 (Jeune femme au Lit,..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Series 347:322 (Jeune femme au Lit,..., 1968

Sale Date: March 4, 2021

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Series 347:098, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Series 347:098, 1968

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Four Dancers, 1956

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Four Dancers, 1956

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Small Owl Jug, 1955

Pablo Picasso

Small Owl Jug, 1955

Sale Date: March 4, 2021

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Face with Circles, 1969

Pablo Picasso

Face with Circles, 1969

Sale Date: March 4, 2021

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Lozenge with Bearded Man, 1971

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Lozenge with Bearded Man, 1971

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Les Trois Femmes et le Torero, 1954

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Les Trois Femmes et le Torero, 1954

Sale Date: March 4, 2021

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Le Départ, 1951

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Le Départ, 1951

Sale Date: March 4, 2021

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L'Âge de Soleil, 1944–1950

Pablo Picasso

L'Âge de Soleil, 1944–1950

Sale Date: March 4, 2021

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