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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Grande Maternité, 1963

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Grande Maternité, 1963

Sale Date: November 28, 2020

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La ronde de la jeunesse, 1961

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La ronde de la jeunesse, 1961

Sale Date: November 28, 2020

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Le Départ (Der Aufbruch), 1951

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Le Départ (Der Aufbruch), 1951

Sale Date: November 28, 2020

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Corrida, 1946

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Corrida, 1946

Sale Date: November 28, 2020

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Tête de jeune garçon, 1945

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Tête de jeune garçon, 1945

Sale Date: November 28, 2020

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Circle with Face, 1971

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Circle with Face, 1971

Sale Date: November 28, 2020

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Seized handled pitcher, 1953

Pablo Picasso

Seized handled pitcher, 1953

Sale Date: January 17, 2021

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Goat's head in profile, 1952

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Goat's head in profile, 1952

Sale Date: January 17, 2021

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Bird no. 86, 1963

Pablo Picasso

Bird no. 86, 1963

Sale Date: January 17, 2021

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Picador and Bull, 1953

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Picador and Bull, 1953

Sale Date: January 17, 2021

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Testa di toro, 1956

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Testa di toro, 1956

Sale Date: December 12, 2020

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PABLO PICASSO PAR CHRISTIAN..., 1949–1978

Pablo Picasso

PABLO PICASSO PAR CHRISTIAN..., 1949–1978

Sale Date: January 23, 2021

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陵辱 IILe Viol II, 1933

Pablo Picasso

陵辱 IILe Viol II, 1933

Sale Date: January 23, 2021

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フルート奏者と三人の裸婦Flutiste et Trois Femmes nues, 1932

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フルート奏者と三人の裸婦Flutiste et Trois Femmes nues, 1932

Sale Date: January 23, 2021

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旅のヴィーナスVenus foraine, 1967

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旅のヴィーナスVenus foraine, 1967

Sale Date: January 23, 2021

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David et Bethsabee, 1949

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David et Bethsabee, 1949

Sale Date: January 23, 2021

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Taureau aile contemple par Quatre Enfants, 1934

Pablo Picasso

Taureau aile contemple par Quatre Enfants, 1934

Sale Date: January 23, 2021

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Maternity in blue.

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Maternity in blue.

Sale Date: January 18, 2021

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Four Faces, 1959

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Four Faces, 1959

Sale Date: January 21, 2021

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Buste de femme au chapeau bleu (Dora Maar), 1955

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Buste de femme au chapeau bleu (Dora Maar), 1955

Sale Date: January 21, 2021

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Nature morte aux fruits, 1936

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Nature morte aux fruits, 1936

Sale Date: January 21, 2021

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Guitare et partition sur guéridon, 1920

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Guitare et partition sur guéridon, 1920

Sale Date: January 21, 2021

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Untitled (Profil et femme nue), 1944

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Untitled (Profil et femme nue), 1944

Sale Date: January 21, 2021

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Two birds No. 95, 1963

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Two birds No. 95, 1963

Sale Date: January 30, 2021

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