Pablo Picasso Art
Spanish, 1881-1973
One of the most prolific and revolutionary artists the world has ever seen, Pablo Picasso had a tremendous impact on the development of 20th-century modern art. Although he is best known for his association with the Cubist movement, which he founded with Georges Braque, Picasso’s influence extends to Surrealism, neoclassicism and Expressionism.
“Every act of creation is, first of all, an act of destruction,” the Spanish artist proclaimed. In Picasso's Cubist paintings, he emphasizes the two-dimensionality of the canvas, breaking with conventions regarding perspective, foreshortening and proportion. Picasso was inspired by Iberian and African tribal art. One of his most famous pre-Cubist works is Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (1907), a painting considered immoral and shocking at the time for its depiction of nude women whose faces resemble Iberian tribal masks.
Picasso made many portraits in this style, most often of the women in his life, their expressively colored faces composed of geometric shards of surface planes. In Woman in a Hat (Olga), 1935, he painted his first wife as an assemblage of abstract forms, leaving the viewer to decipher the subject through the contrasting colors and shapes. Picasso was a tireless artist, creating more than 20,000 paintings, drawings, prints, ceramics and sculptures. Tracing his life’s work reveals the progression of modern art, on which he had an unparalleled influence.
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Artist: Pablo Picasso
Femme au Turban, vieux Gentilhomme, Bourreau et Homme aux yeux fous
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Wien, 9
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Femme au Turban, Vieux Gentilhomme, Borreau et Homme aux yeux fous (sheet 23 from Series 157, Bloch 1878; Baer 1883), etching and aquatint, 1970, with the a...
Category
1970s Modern Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Mezzotint
Pablo Picasso, "Tauromachy Scene", ceramic
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an A.R. turned round plate by Pablo Picasso made in 1957. It is made with red earthenware clay, engobe decoration, and knife engraved in black. It is from the edition ...
Category
1950s Modern Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Ceramic
347 SERIES (BLOCH 1502)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Aventura, FL
Etching on paper. Hand signed and numbered by the artist. From the 347 series. Bloch 1502. Edition of 50. Sheet size: 18 x 22 inches. Image size 12.375 ...
Category
1960s Cubist Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Paper, Etching
Monogram "L" with Landscape (Plate XXXIII), from Carmen
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Pablo Picasso
Title: Monogram "L" with Landscape (Plate XXXIII)
Portfolio: Carmen
Medium: Etching on Montval wove paper
Year: 1949
Edition: 289
Sheet Size: 13" x 10 3/16"
Sig...
Category
1940s Cubist Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Etching
Femme nue se couronnant de fleurs
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Wien, 9
Nude Woman Crowning Herself with Flowers (Femme nue se couronnant de fleurs) from the Vollard Suite (Suite Vollard)
- published by A. Vollard, Paris
- printed by Lacourière, Paris
- ...
Category
1930s Modern Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Etching
Abstract Design (Plate VI), from Carmen
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Pablo Picasso
Title: Abstract Design (Plate VI)
Portfolio: Carmen
Medium: Etching on Montval wove paper
Year: 1949
Edition: 289
Sheet Size: 13" x 10 3/16"
Signed: No (signed ...
Category
1940s Cubist Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Etching
Model Contemplating Sculpture
By Pablo Picasso
Located in New York, NY
Pablo Picasso, Model Contemplating Sculpture, etching, signed in pencil, 1933, a fine impression, published by Vollard, from the Vollard Suite, edition of 310, Bloch 175, Geiser 328...
Category
1930s Cubist Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Etching
Madoura, Colored Bird - Original lithograph poster (Czwiklitzer #319)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973)
Madoura : Colored Bird, 1967
Lithograph poster (Mourlot workshop)
On paper 67 x 48 cm (c. 27 x 19 in)
Lilmited edition of 1000 proofs (unumbered)
REFERENC...
Category
1960s Modern Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Lithograph
Monogram J (Plate II), from Carmen
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Pablo Picasso
Title: Monogram J (Plate II)
Portfolio: Carmen
Medium: Etching on Montval wove paper
Year: 1949
Edition: 289
Sheet Size: 13" x 10 3...
Category
1940s Cubist Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Etching
Masked Figures and Bird Woman, from: The Suite Vollard - Greek Mythology
By Pablo Picasso
Located in London, GB
PABLO PICASSO 1881-1973
Málaga 1881- 1973 Mougins (Spanish)
Title: Masked Figures and Bird Woman, from: The Suite Vollard Personnages masqués et f...
Category
1930s Cubist Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Pablo Picasso, La petite bacchanale (B. 1020; Ba. 1250)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Madrid, ES
PABLO PICASSO
Spanish, 1881 - 1973
La petite bacchanale (B. 1020; Ba. 1250)
signed in pencil "Picasso" (lower left)
numbered in pencil "1/50" (lower right)
linocut in colors on Arche...
Category
1960s Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Linocut
Nu tenant un miroir by Pablo Picasso
By Pablo Picasso
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pablo Picasso
1881-1973 Spanish
Nu tenant un miroir
(Nude holding a mirror)
Signed "Picasso" (lower right)
Pen and ink on paper
Pablo Picasso's Rose Period is among the most icon...
Category
Early 20th Century Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
Dans l'Atelier - in the studio
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Naples, Florida
Signed and numbered Picasso 15/50. Aquatint and etching printed on Auvergne.
Pablo Picasso (1881 – 1973):
Picasso (né Pablo R...
Category
20th Century Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
GARCON ET DORMEUSE A LA CHANDELLE (BLOCH 226)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Aventura, FL
Plate 26 from La Suite Vollard. Bloch 226. Baer 440. Etching, engraving and aquatint, on Montval paper. Signed in pencil, from the edition of 260 (there was also an edition of 50 wit...
Category
1930s Cubist Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint, Paper, Engraving
Ballet : The Dancer - Original Lithograph - Printed Signature - Ref. Bloch #767
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO
Ballet : The Dancer, 1954
Original lithograph
Printed signature in the plate
Unnumbered
On light vellum 31 x 22 cm (c. 12,2 x 8,7 in)
REFERENCES :
- Catalog raisonne...
Category
1950s Modern Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Lithograph
The Eye, from Carmen (Plate X)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Pablo Picasso
Title: The Eye (Plate X)
Portfolio: Carmen
Medium: Etching on Montval wove paper
Year: 1949
Edition: 289
Sheet Size: 13" x 10 3/16"
Signed: No (signed and numbe...
Category
1940s Cubist Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Etching
"AR 30 - Face in a star" white earthenware clay platter by artist Pablo Picasso
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"AR 30 - Face in a star" white earthenware clay with decoration in engobes, boring-rod engraved under glaze and blue, green, red and white ground ceramic platter by artist Pablo Pica...
Category
1940s Modern Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Clay, Earthenware, Glaze, Engraving
"Le peintre et son modele" original lithograph
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in Paris in 1964 by Mourlot Frères and published in an edition of 2000 on Arches wove paper. Sheet size: 10 x 7 1/2 inches (255 x 188 mm). Not si...
Category
1960s Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Lithograph
Peintre et modèle aux cheveux longs
By Pablo Picasso
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Peintre et modèle aux cheveux longs
Etching and aquatint from 1966.
The edition of III/X.
Dimensions of work: 57.5 x 46 cm.
Hand signed.
Publisher: G...
Category
1960s Modern Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Lithograph
Les Banderillas
By Pablo Picasso
Located in New York, NY
This original lithograph in black ink was created by the artist in 1961. From A Los Toros avec Picasso, this lithograph is dated 6.3.61.IV in the stone and measures 10 x 13 in. (25.4...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Lithograph
Paseo & Arrastro, from Service Scènes de Corrida (Set of 2), A.R.416 & A.R.423
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 1959, Pablo Picasso (Málaga, 1881 – Mougins, 1973) Paseo A.R. 416 and Arrastro A.R. 423 are numbered from the edition of 50 on the reverse and stamped with the 'MADOURA PLEIN FEU' and ‘EMPREINTE ORIGINALE DE PICASSO' pottery stamps on the reverse.
Pablo Picasso was an avid fan of bullfighting his entire life, attending his first corridas when he was a child in Spain and gaining a renewed interest in the events when he settled in the South of France after World War II. Undoubtedly the theatrical drama and flashy machismo of the matadors appealed greatly to Picasso's sensibilities and resonated with his Spanish roots. In 1959, Picasso produced an 8-piece plate series, each featuring a different bullfighting scene suggested through lively stipple lines. Paseo A.R. 416 depicts a line of bullfighters highlighted by a streak of yellow. The strokes of blue above and below the figures contrast with the warm of the yellow, creating visual tension that anticipates the drama of the fight. Arrastro, from Service Scènes de Corrida, 1959 A.R. 423 features a victorious bullfighter holding his curved sword, known as an estqoue, over his head. The dark atmosphere created by the deep blue, black, and touch of brown is slashed by the intense yellow down the center of the plate. This shock of bright color evokes the excitement of the bullfighter as he stands triumphant over the bull.
Catalogue Raisonné & COA:
Pablo Picasso Paseo...
Category
1950s Modern Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Ceramic
Un Poème dans chaque Livre
By Pablo Picasso
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this drypoint on Japon ancien. Dated in the plate. Printed by Lacourière, Paris. Published by Louis Broder, Paris. From the same-titled suite.
Catalogue r...
Category
1950s Abstract Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Drypoint
The Workshop - Picasso - Etching and Aquatint - 1927
By Pablo Picasso
Located in London, GB
PABLO PICASSO 1881-1973
Málaga 1881- 1973 Mougins (Spanish)
Title: The Workshop L’atelier, 1927
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Etching on Wove Paper
Paper size: 47...
Category
1920s Cubist Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Etching
Monogram "J" with Design (Plate VII), from Carmen
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Pablo Picasso
Title: Monogram "J" with Design (Plate VII)
Portfolio: Carmen
Medium: Etching on Montval wove paper
Date: 1949
Edition: 289
Sheet Size: 13" x 10 3/16"
Signed: N...
Category
1940s Cubist Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Etching
Danseurs et Joueur de Diaule (Dancers and Diaulos Player), 1956
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Danseurs et Joueur de Diaule (Dancers and Diaulos Player), A.R. 341 can be compared to several other white earthenware pieces created by Picasso in 1956. Each depicts the carefree imagery of dancers, musicians, and fauns to which the artist returns time and again. Framed under a sloping mountain, two figures dance with arms raised above their heads, hands clasped in a spontaneous gesture. Leafy trees and flowers mark...
Category
1950s Modern Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
Scène de tauromachie, Picasso, 1950's, edition, earthenware, terracotta, scene
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Geneva, CH
Scène de tauromachie, Picasso, 1950's, edition, earthenware, terracotta, scene
Scène de tauromachie
Ed.274/500 pcs
1957
Red earthenware clay, eng...
Category
1950s Post-War Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Earthenware, Terracotta
The Rooster, 1942 (Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon, B.344)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Rooster is an aquatint and drypoint print on chine from one of the deluxe copies of Picasso's 1942 Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon series. The image size is 10.6 x 8.15 inc...
Category
20th Century Modern Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Drypoint, Aquatint
Peintre barbu en robe de chambre, avec deux femmes nues et un visiteur
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Aventura, FL
Peintre barbu en robe de chambre, avec deux femmes nues et un visiteur, from « 347 Series » Aquatint on paper. Hand signed and numbered by the artist...
Category
1960s Cubist Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Paper, Aquatint
The Wasp, 1942 (Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon, B.351)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Wasp is an aquatint and drypoint print on chine from one of the deluxe copies of Picasso's 1942 Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon series. The image size is 10.6 x 8 inches, u...
Category
20th Century Modern Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Drypoint, Aquatint
Pablo Picasso 'Scène de tauromachie' (A. R. 410) Bullfighting Scene Plate 1959
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Miami, FL
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Scène de tauromachie (A. R. 410)
Terre de faïence dish, 1959, Inscribed Exemplaire Editeur, partially glazed and painted, with the Empreinte Originale de Picasso...
Category
1950s Modern Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Ceramic
David and Bathsheba (After Lucas Cranach) II Religious Jewish Modern
By Pablo Picasso
Located in London, GB
This lithograph is hand signed in pencil by the artist "Picasso" at the lower right margin.
It is also hand numbered in pencil, from the edition of 50 at the lower left margin.
It is...
Category
1940s Post-War Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Lithograph
The Spider, 1942 (Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon, B.353)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Spider is an aquatint and drypoint print on chine from one of the deluxe copies of Picasso's 1942 Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon series. The image size is 10.5 x 8 inches, unsigned as issued, and framed in a contemporary silver and gray moulding. One of about 36 prints that exist with Picasso's remarqued title in French, from the edition of 262 (there were 226 portfolios, some with additional sets on varying papers).
Catalogue - Cramer #37
The exceptional etchings from Picasso’s Histoire Naturelle – Textes de Buffon are a masterful combination of sugar-lift aquatint and drypoint, showcasing a full range of gray tonalities. The etchings of animals, birds and insects are considered some of the most beautiful and most unusual examples of Picasso’s graphic work.
Roger Lacourière, Picasso’s master printer, pulled the prints for each etching between 1939-1942. It was Lacourière who taught Picasso the sugar-lift aquatint technique which allowed him to mimic the effect of brushstrokes in these etched images. Picasso first explored the technique in his plates for the Vollard Suite, but it was in the creation of the Buffon images that he fully realized its stunning, painterly potential.
For the edition, 226 portfolios were produced with the first thirty-six counting as deluxe compilations. These rare deluxe sets were on diverse papers (chine, japon or vergé ancien) and each included a complete additional suite showing Picasso’s title remarques along the bottom. As such, the remarqued versions of the prints are quite rare with just thirty-six of each produced for the edition (with the exception of The Wolf which is never remarqued – the image always fills the entire etching plate).
These prints are based on the writings of French naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, who extensively documented the natural world in his monumental work Histoire Naturelle. Picasso’s association with the project to illustrate parts of the Buffon came during a tumultuous time in European history – the prelude to, and early years of, World War II. As the continent was ravaged, Picasso lived through the disaster in Paris, which the Germans occupied in 1940. These prints could be seen as a political statement – Picasso channeling his artistic expression into a form of resistance art...
Category
20th Century Modern Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Drypoint, Aquatint
Visage dans un ovale, Multiple, Picasso, 1950's, Portrait, Abstract, Design
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Geneva, CH
Visage dans un ovale, Multiple, Picasso, 1950's, Portrait, Abstract, Design
Visage dans un ovale
Ed. 100 pcs
08.04.1955
White earthenware clay, engobe ground engraved by knife under...
Category
1950s Post-War Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
Alain Ramie's Picasso Catalogue of the Edited Ceramic Works 1947-1971. Madoura
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Miami, FL
This is the original Alain Ramie Catalogue of Picasso Ceramics. This book has been out of print for quite some time and is therefore extraordinarily rare and hard to find. This parti...
Category
1980s Modern Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Paper
Reclining Man and Crouching Woman
By Pablo Picasso
Located in London, GB
PABLO PICASSO 1881-1973
Málaga 1881-1973 Mougins (Spanish)
Title: Reclining Man and Crouching Woman Homme couché et femme accroupie, 1956
Technique:...
Category
1950s Cubist Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Lithograph
Buste de faune, Picasso, Ceramic, Terracotta, Faune, Mythological, Design, 1950'
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Geneva, CH
Buste de faune, Picasso, Ceramic, Terracotta, Faune, Mythological, Design
Buste de faune
Unique piece
Partially glazed terracotta
18.5 x 9.3 cm
40 x 32 cm (with frame)
Certificate o...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-War Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Terracotta
Scène de Tauromachie, Picasso, Edition, 1950's, Bull, Plate, Design, Animal
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Geneva, CH
Scène de Tauromachie, Picasso, Edition, 1950's, Bull, Plate, Design, Animal
Scène de tauromachie
Ed. 193/500 pcs
1957
Red earthenware clay, engobe decoration, knife engraved
D.24 cm...
Category
1950s Post-War Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware, Terracotta
MAMELOUK ENLEVANT UNE FEMME, ATTAQUE PAR UN MOUSQUETAIRE (BLOCH 1586)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Aventura, FL
Aquatint on wove paper. Hand signed and numbered by Pablo Picasso. Plate 106, from the serie "347 gravures" (B. 1586; BA. 1602 II B b 1). Published by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris. ...
Category
1960s Cubist Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Paper, Engraving
Pablo Picasso 'Colombe mate' (A. R. 77) Dove Madoura Plate 1948
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Miami, FL
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Colombe mate (A. R. 77)
Terre de faïence plate, 1948, from the edition of 450, partially glazed and painted, with the Edition Picasso and Madoura stamps.
Category
1960s Modern Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
Tête de faune, Picasso, Tile, Ceramic, Sculpture, Design, Postwar, Mythological
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Geneva, CH
Tête de faune, Picasso, Tile,Ceramic,Sculpture, Design, Postwar, Mythological
Tête de faune
Unique work
circa 1968
Painted and partially glazed ceramic, square tile
15.2 x 15.2 cm
C...
Category
1960s Post-War Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Earthenware
NU II: ONE PLATE FROM ESTAMPES ORIGINALES, ALBUM A (BLOCH 805)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Aventura, FL
Nu II: One Plate from Estampes originales, Album A (B. 805; Ba. 956). Drypoint, on Montval. Hand signed in red crayon by the artist. Edition of 20 (from the total edition of 70 wi...
Category
1950s Cubist Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Paper, Drypoint
The Lizard, 1942 (Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon, B.355)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Lizard is an aquatint and drypoint print on chine from one of the deluxe copies of Picasso's 1942 Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon series. The image size is 10.5 x 8.15 inch...
Category
20th Century Modern Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Drypoint, Aquatint
The White Eagle, 1942 (Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon, B.340)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Greenwich, CT
The White Eagle is an aquatint and drypoint print on chine from one of the deluxe copies of Picasso's 1942 Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon series. The image size is 10.5 x 8.15 inches, unsigned as issued, and framed in a contemporary silver and gray moulding. One of about 36 prints that exist with Picasso's remarqued title in French, from the edition of 262 (there were 226 portfolios, some with additional sets on varying papers).
Catalogue - Cramer #37
The exceptional etchings from Picasso’s Histoire Naturelle – Textes de Buffon are a masterful combination of sugar-lift aquatint and drypoint, showcasing a full range of gray tonalities. The etchings of animals, birds and insects are considered some of the most beautiful and most unusual examples of Picasso’s graphic work.
Roger Lacourière, Picasso’s master printer, pulled the prints for each etching between 1939-1942. It was Lacourière who taught Picasso the sugar-lift aquatint technique which allowed him to mimic the effect of brushstrokes in these etched images. Picasso first explored the technique in his plates for the Vollard Suite, but it was in the creation of the Buffon images that he fully realized its stunning, painterly potential.
For the edition, 226 portfolios were produced with the first thirty-six counting as deluxe compilations. These rare deluxe sets were on diverse papers (chine, japon or vergé ancien) and each included a complete additional suite showing Picasso’s title remarques along the bottom. As such, the remarqued versions of the prints are quite rare with just thirty-six of each produced for the edition (with the exception of The Wolf which is never remarqued – the image always fills the entire etching plate).
These prints are based on the writings of French naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, who extensively documented the natural world in his monumental work Histoire Naturelle. Picasso’s association with the project to illustrate parts of the Buffon came during a tumultuous time in European history – the prelude to, and early years of, World War II. As the continent was ravaged, Picasso lived through the disaster in Paris, which the Germans occupied in 1940. These prints could be seen as a political statement – Picasso channeling his artistic expression into a form of resistance art...
Category
20th Century Modern Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Drypoint, Aquatint
Taureau et Toreador, Picasso, Bull, Corrida, Design, Tile, Ceramic, 1950's
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Geneva, CH
Taureau et Toreador, Picasso, Bull, Corrida, Design, Tile, Ceramic, 1950's
Taureau et Toreador
Unique work
11.2.1957
Painted and partially glazed ceramic, hexagonal tomette tile
15 ...
Category
1950s Post-War Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Ceramic
Paseo, from Service Scènes de Corrida, A.R. 416
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 1959, Pablo Picasso (Málaga, 1881 – Mougins, 1973) Paseo A.R. 416 is numbered from the edition of 50 on the reverse and stamped with the 'MADOURA PLEIN FEU' and ‘EMPREINTE ORIGINALE DE PICASSO' pottery stamps on the reverse.
Pablo Picasso was an avid fan of bullfighting his entire life, attending his first corridas when he was a child in Spain and gaining a renewed interest in the events when he settled in the South of France after World War II. Undoubtedly the theatrical drama and flashy machismo of the matadors appealed greatly to Picasso's sensibilities and resonated with his Spanish roots. In 1959, Picasso produced an 8-piece plate series, each featuring a different bullfighting scene suggested through lively stipple lines. Paseo A.R. 416 depicts a line of bullfighters highlighted by a streak of yellow. The strokes of blue above and below the figures contrast with the warm of the yellow, creating visual tension that anticipates the drama of the fight.
Catalogue Raisonné & COA:
Pablo Picasso Paseo...
Category
1950s Modern Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Earthenware, Clay, Glaze
The Pigeon, 1942 (Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon, B.347)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Pigeon is an aquatint and drypoint print on chine from one of the deluxe copies of Picasso's 1942 Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon series. The image size is 10.75x 8 inches, unsigned as issued, and framed in a contemporary silver and gray moulding. One of about 36 prints that exist with Picasso's remarqued title in French, from the edition of 262 (there were 226 portfolios, some with additional sets on varying papers).
Catalogue - Cramer #37
The exceptional etchings from Picasso’s Histoire Naturelle – Textes de Buffon are a masterful combination of sugar-lift aquatint and drypoint, showcasing a full range of gray tonalities. The etchings of animals, birds and insects are considered some of the most beautiful and most unusual examples of Picasso’s graphic work.
Roger Lacourière, Picasso’s master printer, pulled the prints for each etching between 1939-1942. It was Lacourière who taught Picasso the sugar-lift aquatint technique which allowed him to mimic the effect of brushstrokes in these etched images. Picasso first explored the technique in his plates for the Vollard Suite, but it was in the creation of the Buffon images that he fully realized its stunning, painterly potential.
For the edition, 226 portfolios were produced with the first thirty-six counting as deluxe compilations. These rare deluxe sets were on diverse papers (chine, japon or vergé ancien) and each included a complete additional suite showing Picasso’s title remarques along the bottom. As such, the remarqued versions of the prints are quite rare with just thirty-six of each produced for the edition (with the exception of The Wolf which is never remarqued – the image always fills the entire etching plate).
These prints are based on the writings of French naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, who extensively documented the natural world in his monumental work Histoire Naturelle. Picasso’s association with the project to illustrate parts of the Buffon came during a tumultuous time in European history – the prelude to, and early years of, World War II. As the continent was ravaged, Picasso lived through the disaster in Paris, which the Germans occupied in 1940. These prints could be seen as a political statement – Picasso channeling his artistic expression into a form of resistance art...
Category
20th Century Modern Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Drypoint, Aquatint
Profil de Jacqueline, Pablo Picasso, Edition, 1950's, Monochrome, Design, Plate
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Geneva, CH
Profil de Jacqueline, Pablo Picasso, Edition, 1950's, Monochrome, Design, Plat
Profil de Jacqueline
Ed. 100 pcs
22.01.1956
White earthenware clay
D. 42 cm
Stamped on the back: Empre...
Category
1950s Post-War Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Earthenware
Tête de faune avec tests de lustre rose, Pablo Picasso, Unique work, Plate
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Geneva, CH
Tête de faune avec tests de lustre rose, Pablo Picasso, Unique work, Plate
Tête de faune avec tests de lustre rose
Unique work
Painted and partially glazed ceramic
D. 21.6 cm
Inscr...
Category
20th Century Post-War Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Ceramic
Joueur de Flûte et Chèvre (AR 382) Stamped Madoura Plein Feu/Edition Picasso
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Madrid, ES
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Joueur de flûte et chèvre (A.R. 382)
stamped 'Madoura Plein Feu / Empreinte Originale de Picasso' (on the reverse)
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Category
1950s Modern Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Ceramic
Visage d’homme (Man’s Head), 1968-1969 A.R. 570
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Pablo Picasso Visage d’homme (Man’s Head), 1968-1969 A.R. 570 showcases the artist’s unrivaled ability to illustrate human nuance. Each aspect of the man’s face, from his furrowed brow to his side gaze is carefully illustrated. The crowding of horizontal lines on his brow and vertical lines on his nose bring a sense of tension to his face, which compounds the furrowed brow.There are only two colors on the plaque, black and red, but the semi circle of hair atop the mans head...
Category
1960s Modern Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Earthenware, Clay
Arrastro, from Service Scènes de Corrida, A.R. 423
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 1959, Pablo Picasso Arrastro, from Service Scènes de Corrida A.R. 423 is numbered from the edition of 50 on the reverse and stamped with the 'MADOURA PLEIN FEU' and ‘EMPRE...
Category
1950s Modern Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Earthenware, Ceramic, Glaze
Petit Soleil
By Pablo Picasso
Located in New York, NY
Created by Picasso during his time at the Madoura Foundry in Vallarius, France, Petit Soleil (“little sun”) was created by the artist in 1968/69. Measuring 4 x 6 3/8 in. (10.4 x 16....
Category
20th Century Modern Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Earthenware
In the Arena: Young Man Putting the Minotaur to Death, from The Vollard Suite
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Castle Cary, GB
This etching comes from the Vollard Suite, created in 1933. This highly sought after series is the most significant edition of prints made by Pablo Picasso. It was commissioned by A...
Category
1930s Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Etching
Salomé from La Suite des Saltimbanques, Modern Etching by Pablo Picasso
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Long Island City, NY
This black and white composition by Pablo Picasso is part of the Suite des Saltimbanques series of works from 1905. Prepared by the artist early in his career, the work demonstrates ...
Category
Early 1900s Modern Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Etching, Drypoint
Courtisane au lit avec un visiteur (Bloch 1553), Modern Etching by Pablo Picasso
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Long Island City, NY
This captivating portrait by Pablo Picasso features an artist in the foreground rendered in profile while a nude model reclines against a bed with her leg crossed over her knee and h...
Category
1960s Modern Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Etching
Modele et Grande Sculpture de Dos (Bloch 186), Modern Etching by Pablo Picasso
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Long Island City, NY
Standing before the large nude sculpture, the model admires the statue before her in this work by Pablo Picasso. Nude like herself, the model's presence in the studio creates a balan...
Category
1930s Modern Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Etching
Woman, Clown and Monkey
By Pablo Picasso
Located in New York, NY
Pablo Picasso’s Woman, Clown, and Monkey, a lithograph published by Verve in 1954, exemplifies the artist’s ability to distill complex emotions and narratives into strikingly simple ...
Category
1950s Modern Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Lithograph
Tetes: Le Vieux Buffon (Bloch 1104), Signed Picasso Linocut
By Pablo Picasso
Located in New York, NY
Linoleum cut printed in colours, 1963, on Arches woven paper, signed in pencil and numbered 30/50. Printed by Hidalgo Arnéra, and published by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris.
Category
1960s Modern Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Linocut
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- 1stDibs ExpertJanuary 10, 2025The meaning behind the Portrait of Dora Maar is subject to personal interpretation. However, many art historians believe the abstracted portrait represents the turmoil and emotional suffering people endured during the Spanish Civil War. Pablo Picasso witnessed the horrors of the war firsthand, and the experience likely influenced his work. On 1stDibs, shop a collection of Pablo Picasso art.
- 1stDibs ExpertOctober 7, 2024The difference between Matisse and Picasso is that their work is associated with different art movements. Henri Matisse was a leading proponent of Fauvism, a movement whose name is derived from the French word for "wild beast.” Marked by vibrant hues, Fauvist paintings like Matisse’s famous 1906 composition Le Bonheur de vivre have wild, active brushstrokes and a palette unconstrained by nature, resulting in imagery like women with purple skin and trees with orange leaves. Although his work evolved over the course of his career, Pablo Picasso is best known for his association with the Cubist movement, which he is credited with founding with Georges Braque. In Cubist works, reality gets fragmented into flat, geometric forms. Shop a collection of Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso art on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertOctober 7, 2024To tell if a Picasso sketch is real, first compare the signature on your piece to images of authentic works shared by trusted online resources. Looking for any anomalies and learning about the various materials and techniques that the Spanish artist employed during the different phases of his career can also be helpful. If you know approximately when your sketch was likely produced, you can determine whether the materials and techniques are appropriate for that period. Because there are so many Picasso counterfeits on the market, you may wish to have a certified appraiser or knowledgeable art dealer perform a professional authentication. Find a collection of Pablo Picasso art on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertOctober 30, 2024No one can say for sure how much The Seated Woman by Picasso is worth today. However, when it sold at a London auction in 2016, the painting fetched $63.4 million. The piece may be worth more today. Also called Femme Assise, the painting is an abstract portrait of Fernande Olivier that Picasso completed in 1909 while he and the model stayed in a village in the Spanish countryside. Pablo Picasso was a tireless artist, creating more than 20,000 paintings, drawings, prints, ceramics and sculptures. Find a collection of Pablo Picasso art on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertNovember 4, 2024How much Picasso's The Dream is worth today is unknown. However, the painting was sold to a private buyer for $155 million in 2013. The painting may be worth even more if sold again today. Also called Le Rêve, the painting is a portrait of Picasso's mistress, Marie-Thérèse Walter. Her face is abstracted and stylized, giving it the character of an African mask. Picasso made many portraits in this style, most often of the women in his life, their expressively colored faces composed of geometric shards of surface planes. Find a collection of Pablo Picasso art on 1stDibs.
- Are Picasso drawings valuable?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertMay 14, 2024Yes, some Picasso drawings are valuable. In terms of auction sales, Picasso is the top-grossing artist of all time. However, his paintings often sell for considerably more than his drawings, largely due to the fact that the prolific artist produced tens of thousands of sketches during his life. Generally, the subject matter, date and condition of a Picasso drawing will determine how much it is worth. A certified appraiser or knowledgeable art dealer can give you an estimated value for a particular work. Find a collection of Pablo Picasso art on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 9, 2024How much an original Pablo Picasso painting is worth depends on its history, size, condition and other factors. In 2023, his Femme à la Montre, a painting from 1932, sold for more than $139 million at auction. If you own an original Picasso painting, the first step in determining how much it may be worth is to enlist the help of a certified appraiser or experienced art dealer. Shop a selection of Pablo Picasso art on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertAugust 15, 2024You can see real Picasso paintings in many museums. The largest collection of the Spanish artist's work is at the Musée Picasso in Paris, France. In the U.S., you can find Picasso paintings in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, New York; the Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois; the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, Virginia; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco, California; the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. and in many other institutions. On 1stDibs, shop a variety of Pablo Picasso art.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 26, 2024Most of Picasso's paintings aren't in a single location. Of all the museums in the world, the Musée Picasso in Paris, France, has the largest number of his painted works. However, the Museu Picasso in Barcelona, Spain, boasts the overall largest collection of his art, with more than 4,000 pieces that include paintings, drawings, sculptures, prints and ceramics. On 1stDibs, find a variety of Pablo Picasso art.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 16, 2024To tell if your Picasso painting is real, experts recommend taking it to a knowledgeable appraiser or art dealer. Unlike prints, which can be purchased on the secondary market, authentic Picasso paintings are rarely found outside the collections of museums and well-established private collectors. However, there are many convincing fakes in existence. Someone with training and experience will be best able to verify the artist's signature, the brushwork of the painting, the canvas, the frame and other features to determine its authenticity. Shop a selection of Pablo Picasso art on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 16, 2024How much a Pablo Picasso drawing is worth depends on its size, complexity, historical significance, condition and other factors. One of his drawings, Étreinte, done in white wax crayon and pencil on red paper, sold for $4.9 million, while a simpler pen and ink wash on paper called Baigneuse et cabine de bains fetched a selling price of more than $623,000. One of the most prolific and revolutionary artists the world has ever seen, Pablo Picasso had a tremendous impact on the development of 20th-century modern art. Although he is best known for his association with the Cubist movement, which he founded with Georges Braque, Picasso’s influence extends to Surrealism, neoclassicism and Expressionism. If you own a Picasso drawing, a certified appraiser or knowledgeable art dealer can evaluate the piece and provide you with its estimated fair market value. Find a variety of Pablo Picasso art on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 13, 2024Picasso's most famous piece is arguably Guernica, which he created in 1937. A black-and-white oil painting, it captures the horrors of war with its depiction of the German bombing of Guernica, Spain. Another of his well-known works is Les Demoiselles d'Avignon. When it was produced in 1907, the painting was considered immoral and shocking for how it showed nude women whose faces resembled Iberian tribal masks. Other notable works by Picasso include The Old Guitarist, Le Rêve, The Weeping Woman and Girl Before a Mirror. On 1stDibs, find a variety of Pablo Picasso art.
- 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021Pablo Picasso's style of artwork is called Cubism. This style of art was invented around 1907-08 by Pablo Picasso and Georges. Cubism is known for bringing multiple views of a subject together, resulting in fragmented and abstract painting.
- 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021Pablo Picasso is most famous for founding the Cubist movement, which uses several points of view and perspectives, creating a geometric-looking result. Cubism was considered a massive break from traditional methods of painting. One of Picasso's most famous cubist pieces is “Guernica,” the artist's representation of the Spanish Civil War.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022There is no general consensus about which of Pablo Picasso's works is his most famous drawing. Some of his most well-known works depict animals and include Dog, Penguin, Camel, Butterfly, Owl and Dove of Peace. Find a selection of Pablo Picasso art on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Guernica is arguably amongst Pablo Picasso’s best works, and is an incredibly moving anti-war statement. The piece was originally commissioned as a mural for the 1937 World Fair in Paris, France. Shop a selection of Pablo Picasso pieces from some of the world’s top art dealers on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 27, 2024Picasso lived in more than one place in France. In 1904, he moved to Paris and settled in the artist quarter of Montmartre. In 1936, he set up his studio at 7 rue des Grands-Augustins in Paris. During World War II, he briefly fled to the south of France but then returned to his Parisian studio in 1940 and remained there until 1955, when he relocated to a villa near Cannes called La Californie. After a brief stay in the French village of Vauvenargues, he finally moved to Mougins, where he lived until he passed away in 1973. On 1stDibs, explore a range of Pablo Picasso art.
- 1stDibs ExpertAugust 15, 2024No, Pablo Picasso was not truly an abstract artist, in the opinion of experts. While he did help to shift art away from naturalistic forms toward abstraction with his Cubist pieces, most of his works weren't purely abstract. A good example of this is his well-known Les Demoiselles d’Avignon. In this painting, the female figures are abstracted, but you can still tell that the forms represent the human body. On 1stDibs, find a selection of Pablo Picasso art.
- 1stDibs ExpertOctober 15, 2024To know if your Picasso is real, search trusted online resources for images of the artist's signature from authentic pieces produced around the same time that you believe your painting, drawing, sculpture, print or other piece was produced. Picasso's signature changed over time, and counterfeiters often fail to match the false signature on their reproductions to the correct signature style for a particular piece's time frame. Because it can be challenging to authenticate art without training and experience, consider having a certified appraiser or experienced dealer assist you. On 1stDibs, find an assortment of Pablo Picasso art.
- 1stDibs ExpertNovember 13, 2024Picasso's drawing style isn't called by any single name. He created more than 30,000 drawings throughout his life and experimented with different styles. As a result, you might call one of his drawings Neoclassical and another Expressionist, Surrealist or Cubist. Overall, you can refer to his drawings and other artwork as modern art due to the period of time when it was produced. Find a range of Pablo Picasso drawings and other art on 1stDibs.
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