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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Têtes, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Têtes, 1956

Sale Date: December 3, 2020

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Tête de lion (Ramié 576), 1968–1969

Pablo Picasso

Tête de lion (Ramié 576), 1968–1969

Sale Date: December 15, 2020

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Masque (Ramié 310), 1956

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Masque (Ramié 310), 1956

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Têtes (Ramié 367), 1956

Pablo Picasso

Têtes (Ramié 367), 1956

Sale Date: December 15, 2020

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Corrida sur fond noir (Ramié 198), 1953

Pablo Picasso

Corrida sur fond noir (Ramié 198), 1953

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Tarasque (Ramié 247), 1954

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Tarasque (Ramié 247), 1954

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Petite chouette (Ramié 83), 1949

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Petite chouette (Ramié 83), 1949

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Pichet espagnol (Ramié 244), 1954

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Pichet espagnol (Ramié 244), 1954

Sale Date: December 15, 2020

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Autoportrait, avec Deux Femmes, from La..., 1972

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Autoportrait, avec Deux Femmes, from La..., 1972

Sale Date: December 15, 2020

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Jeune Femme au Chapeau péchant par pensée,..., 1968

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Jeune Femme au Chapeau péchant par pensée,..., 1968

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Peintre et modèle a l'Ottomane; Dans..., 1963

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Peintre et modèle a l'Ottomane; Dans..., 1963

Sale Date: December 15, 2020

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Buste au Fond étoilé (Bloch 594; Mourlot 163), 1949

Pablo Picasso

Buste au Fond étoilé (Bloch 594; Mourlot 163), 1949

Sale Date: December 15, 2020

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Tête de Jeune Garçon (Bloch 378; Mourlot 8), 1945

Pablo Picasso

Tête de Jeune Garçon (Bloch 378; Mourlot 8), 1945

Sale Date: December 15, 2020

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La Table, from Max Jacob: Saint Matorel..., 1910

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La Table, from Max Jacob: Saint Matorel..., 1910

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Mademoiselle Leonie, from Max Jacob: Saint..., 1910

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Mademoiselle Leonie, from Max Jacob: Saint..., 1910

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Deux Figures Nues (Bloch 17; Baer 21), 1909

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Deux Figures Nues (Bloch 17; Baer 21), 1909

Sale Date: December 15, 2020

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Le Bain, from La Suite des Saltimbanques..., 1905

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Le Bain, from La Suite des Saltimbanques..., 1905

Sale Date: December 15, 2020

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La Danse Barbare, from La Suite des..., 1905

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La Danse Barbare, from La Suite des..., 1905

Sale Date: December 15, 2020

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PETIT CHEVAL NO.61 / LITTLE HORSE NO.61, 1963

Pablo Picasso

PETIT CHEVAL NO.61 / LITTLE HORSE NO.61, 1963

Sale Date: December 12, 2020

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MADAME RICARDO CANALS (FROM THE BARCELONA..., 1966

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MADAME RICARDO CANALS (FROM THE BARCELONA..., 1966

Sale Date: December 12, 2020

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HOMMAGE À BACCHUS / TRIBUTE TO BACCHUS, 1960

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HOMMAGE À BACCHUS / TRIBUTE TO BACCHUS, 1960

Sale Date: December 12, 2020

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VENUS ET L'AMOUR / VENUS AND CUPID, 1949

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VENUS ET L'AMOUR / VENUS AND CUPID, 1949

Sale Date: December 12, 2020

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ÉTUDES, 1934

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ÉTUDES, 1934

Sale Date: December 12, 2020

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FEMME COUCHÉE/ RECLINING WOMAN, 1960

Pablo Picasso

FEMME COUCHÉE/ RECLINING WOMAN, 1960

Sale Date: December 12, 2020

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