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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347 series No.41, 1968

Pablo Picasso

347 series No.41, 1968

Sale Date: February 11, 2021

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Trois nus debout from LE CHEF-D'OEUVRE INCONNU, 1927

Pablo Picasso

Trois nus debout from LE CHEF-D'OEUVRE INCONNU, 1927

Sale Date: February 11, 2021

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LE CARMEN DES CARMEN (illustrated book), 1964

Pablo Picasso

LE CARMEN DES CARMEN (illustrated book), 1964

Sale Date: February 11, 2021

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Raphael et Fornarina VI: Enfin seuls, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Raphael et Fornarina VI: Enfin seuls, 1968

Sale Date: January 29, 2021

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Woman (pitcher), 1955

Pablo Picasso

Woman (pitcher), 1955

Sale Date: February 11, 2021

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Face tankard (pitcher), 1959

Pablo Picasso

Face tankard (pitcher), 1959

Sale Date: February 11, 2021

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Man's face (plaque), 1966

Pablo Picasso

Man's face (plaque), 1966

Sale Date: February 11, 2021

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KLOWN I JEŹDZIEC z cyklu Komedia ludzka, 1954

Pablo Picasso

KLOWN I JEŹDZIEC z cyklu Komedia ludzka, 1954

Sale Date: January 30, 2021

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PARA z cyklu Komedia ludzka, 1954

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PARA z cyklu Komedia ludzka, 1954

Sale Date: January 30, 2021

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MODELKA W MASCE z cyklu Komedia ludzka, 1954

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MODELKA W MASCE z cyklu Komedia ludzka, 1954

Sale Date: January 30, 2021

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GITARZYSTA I SIEDZĄCA KOBIETA, 1962

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GITARZYSTA I SIEDZĄCA KOBIETA, 1962

Sale Date: January 30, 2021

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ODPOCZYNEK RZEŹBIARZA II, 1933

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ODPOCZYNEK RZEŹBIARZA II, 1933

Sale Date: January 30, 2021

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TAŃCZĄCE I GRAJĄCE SATYRY, 1962

Pablo Picasso

TAŃCZĄCE I GRAJĄCE SATYRY, 1962

Sale Date: January 30, 2021

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ODPOCZYNEK RZEŹBIARZA Z CENTAUREM I KOBIETĄ, 1933

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ODPOCZYNEK RZEŹBIARZA Z CENTAUREM I KOBIETĄ, 1933

Sale Date: January 30, 2021

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Plate E from the Visage Noir service, 1948

Pablo Picasso

Plate E from the Visage Noir service, 1948

Sale Date: October 22, 2020

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TÊTE DE BOUFFON, 1964

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TÊTE DE BOUFFON, 1964

Sale Date: December 15, 2020

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Famille de Saltimbanques

Pablo Picasso

Famille de Saltimbanques

Sale Date: December 15, 2020

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Group of Four Prints from La Celestine

Pablo Picasso

Group of Four Prints from La Celestine

Sale Date: December 15, 2020

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Poster by Pablo Picasso - Côte d'Azur Picasso, 1962

Pablo Picasso

Poster by Pablo Picasso - Côte d'Azur Picasso, 1962

Sale Date: February 6, 2021

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Wood-owl, 1969

Pablo Picasso

Wood-owl, 1969

Sale Date: January 21, 2021

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La Taberna. Jeune pêcheur catalan racontant..., 1934

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La Taberna. Jeune pêcheur catalan racontant..., 1934

Sale Date: January 21, 2021

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La Toilette de la Mère (From: La Suite des..., 1905

Pablo Picasso

La Toilette de la Mère (From: La Suite des..., 1905

Sale Date: January 21, 2021

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Abecedario, 1964, 1964

Pablo Picasso

Abecedario, 1964, 1964

Sale Date: January 28, 2021

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Buste de femme d'après Cranach le Jeune, de..., 1963

Pablo Picasso

Buste de femme d'après Cranach le Jeune, de..., 1963

Sale Date: January 28, 2021

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