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
De mémoir d'homme, Planche VII
By Pablo Picasso
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - De mémoir d'homme, Planche VII
Lithograph from 1950.
An unnumbered copy from a limited edition of 350.
Dimensions of work: 32 x 25 cm
Publisher: Éditi...
Category
1950s Modern Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Lithograph
De mémoir d'homme, Planche VI
By Pablo Picasso
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - De mémoir d'homme, Planche VI
Lithograph from 1950.
An unnumbered copy from a limited edition of 350.
Dimensions of work: 32 x 25 cm
Publisher: Éditio...
Category
1950s Modern Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Lithograph
De mémoir d'homme, Planche IV
By Pablo Picasso
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - De mémoir d'homme, Planche IV
Lithograph from 1950.
An unnumbered copy from a limited edition of 350.
Dimensions of work: 32 x 25 cm
Publisher: Éditio...
Category
1950s Modern Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Lithograph
De mémoir d'homme, Planche III
By Pablo Picasso
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - De mémoir d'homme, Planche III
Lithograph from 1950.
An unnumbered copy from a limited edition of 350.
Dimensions of work: 32 x 25 cm
Publisher: Éditi...
Category
1950s Modern Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Lithograph
De mémoir d'homme, Planche IX
By Pablo Picasso
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - De mémoir d'homme, Planche IX
Lithograph from 1950.
An unnumbered copy from a limited edition of 350.
Dimensions of work: 32 x 25 cm
Publisher: Éditio...
Category
1950s Modern Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Lithograph
De mémoir d'homme, Planche I
By Pablo Picasso
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - De mémoir d'homme, Planche I
Lithograph from 1950.
An unnumbered copy from a limited edition of 350.
Dimensions of work: 32 x 25 cm
Publisher: Édition...
Category
1950s Modern Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Lithograph
Paul Valéry
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Wien, 9
- original lithograph
- frontispiece from the monograph La Jeune Parque by Paul Valéry, copy no. 231
- chalk on transfer paper, transferred to stone
- edition: 525
- cat. raisonné M...
Category
1920s Modern Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Lithograph
Scène de Tauromachie
By Pablo Picasso
Located in CANNES, FR
Pablo Picasso ( Ceramic work made in Vallauris .France )
"Scène de tauromachie " model created 11 June 1959 ,
numbered 54 / 100 . Mint Condition .Original work edited in a series of ...
Category
1950s Modern Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Ceramic
$14,112 Sale Price
20% Off
The Eye (Plate XXXVIII), from Carmen
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Pablo Picasso
Title: The Eye (Plate XXXVIII)
Portfolio: Carmen
Medium: Etching on Montval wove paper
Year: 1949
Edition: 289
Sheet Size: 13" x 10 3/16"
Signed: No (signed and...
Category
1940s Cubist Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Etching
La Pique (I), from A Los Toros Avec Picasso
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Pablo Picasso
Title: La Pique (I)
Portfolio: A Los Toros Avec Picasso
Medium: Transfer lithograph
Date: 1961
Edition: Unnumbered
Frame Size: 18 1/4" x 20 3/4"
Sheet Size: 9 1...
Category
1960s Cubist Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Lithograph
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
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
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
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
Danse du ventre devant homme impassible
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Wien, 9
Signed with artist stamp lower right, numbered lower left: 21/50
Shown in: Georges Bloch, Pablo Picasso Catalogue of the printed work 1970-72, Band I...
Category
1970s Cubist Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Etching
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
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
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
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, French
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Miami, FL
Picasso: Catalogue of the Edited Ceramic Works, 1947–1971, French
Published in Paris in 1988, this comprehensive volume is the definitive catalogue raisonné of Pablo Picasso’s ceram...
Category
1980s Modern Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Paper
Pablo Picasso 'Oiseau No. 76' (A. R. 481) Bird Madoura Plate 1963
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Miami, FL
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Oiseau No. 76 (A. R. 481)
Terre de faïence plate, painted in colors and partially glazed, 1963, numbered 116/200 and inscribed 'No 76', 'Edition Picasso' ...
Category
1960s Modern Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
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
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
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
Visage de Femme (A.R. 192). Ceramic Stamped Madoura Plein Feu, Edition Picasso
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Madrid, ES
PABLO PICASSO
Spanish, 1881-1973
VISAGE DE FEMME (A.R. 192)
stamped, marked and numbered 'Edition Picasso / Madoura Plein Feu / Edition Picasso / 154/200 / Madoura' (underneath)
whi...
Category
1950s Modern Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Ceramic
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
Pablo Picasso 'Frise gravée' Unique Plaster Mould
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Miami, FL
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Frise gravée (Unique)
Unique plaster mould. Used in the creation of editioned ceramics at the Madoura studio in Vallauris, plaster moulds like this one we...
Category
1950s Modern Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Ceramic
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
Face, 1968-1969
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Palo Alto, CA
A whimsical portrait in vivid colors, this work appeals to our response to color, texture, depth and space. There is a wonderful interplay between ...
Category
1960s Modern Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Clay, Earthenware, Glaze
$12,000 Sale Price
20% Off
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
Clay, Earthenware, Glaze
$24,000 Sale Price
36% Off
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
The Goldfinch, 1942 (Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon, B.348 )
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Goldfinch 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 11.2 x 8.25 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
The Donkey, 1942 (Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon, B.329)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Donkey 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,...
Category
20th Century Modern Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Drypoint, Aquatint
The Monkey, 1942 (Histoire Naturelle - Textes de Buffon, B.339)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Monkey 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 7.9 inche...
Category
20th Century Modern Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Drypoint, 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
Paper, Etching, Engraving, Aquatint
$39,600 Sale Price
43% Off
Visage de faune tourmenté (A.R. 320), 1956
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Geneva, CH
PABLO PICASSO
Visage de faune tourmenté (A.R. 320), 1956
Ed. 64/200 pcs
Earthenware clay, engobe decoration, glaze and patina
D. 41 cm I D. 16 1/8 in
D.. 49 cm I D. 19 1/4 in (with ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
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
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
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
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
$13,000 Sale Price
35% Off
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
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
ÉCUYERES ET JONGLEUSE (BLOCH 1482)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Aventura, FL
From La Série 347. Bloch 1482; Baer 1497. Etching on Rives paper. Hand signed and numbered by the artist. From the edition of 50. Published by Galerie Louis Leiris...
Category
1960s Cubist Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Paper, Etching
$15,600 Sale Price
20% Off
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...
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Mid-20th Century Post-War Pablo Picasso Art
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Terracotta
TAUREAU AILE CONTEMPLE PAR QUATRE ENFANTS (BLOCH 229)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Aventura, FL
Plate 13 from La Suite Vollard. Bloch 229. Baer 444. Etching on Montval paper. Signed in pencil, from the edition of 260 (there was also an edition of 50 with larger margins). Printe...
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1930s Cubist Pablo Picasso Art
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Paper, Engraving
$31,600 Sale Price
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Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) – Bouquet à la pomme (A.R. 305) – White terracotta
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Varese, IT
white terracotta decorated with oxidised paraffin and glazes, Edited in 1956
Limited edition of 400 exemplars
diameter size: cm 25,5 x 2,5
dated at the bottom
on the back Ceramiche M...
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1950s Abstract Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Terracotta
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...
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1950s Modern Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Ceramic
Alain Ramie's Picasso Catalogue of the Edited Ceramic Works 1947-1971
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Miami, FL
Picasso: Catalogue of the Edited Ceramic Works, 1947–1971
Published in Paris in 1988, this comprehensive volume is the definitive catalogue raisonné of Pablo Picasso’s ceramic editi...
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1980s Modern Pablo Picasso Art
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Paper
Picador debout avec son cheval et une femme (Picador, Woman, and Horse), 1959
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Considered to be one of Picasso’s monumental linoleum prints, Pablo Picasso Picador debout avec son cheval et une femme (Picador, Woman, and Horse), 1959 is a large-scale artwork that captures the essence of this artist’s innovation and minimalist creativity. His simple lines curve and undulated together to form the characters of the piece: the woman – feminine and robust, the horse – whimsical and characteristic, and the picador – strong and masculine. All three subjects create a triad composition making way for a harmonious and balanced piece. The entire work exudes an air of femininity and mystery, all set against a backdrop of a misty grey helping to create Picasso’s sensual environment of intrigue.
Created in 1959, Pablo Picasso Picador debout avec son cheval et une femme (Picador, Woman, and Horse) is a color linocut on Arches paper hand-signed by Pablo Picasso (Malaga, 1881 – Mougins, 1973) in pencil in the lower right margin. Numbered 21/50 in pencil in the lower left margin, this work was printed by Arnéra, Vallauris and published by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris.
Catalogue Raisonné:
Pablo Picasso Picador, Woman, and Horse (Picador debout avec son cheval et une femme), 1959 is fully documented and referenced in the below catalogue raisonnés and texts (copies will be enclosed as added documentation with the invoices that will accompany the sale of the work):
1. Baer, Bridgette. Picasso Peintre-Graveur, Tome V – Catalogue Raisonné de l’œuvre grave et des monotypes, Berne: Editions Kornfeld, 1989. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 1238.
2. Bloch, Georges. Picasso Catalogue de l'ouvre gravé et lithographié, Volume I. Kornfeld et Cie: Switzerland, 1968. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 913.
3. Boeck, W., intr. Pablo Picasso Linoleum...
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1950s Modern Pablo Picasso Art
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Linocut
$34,000 Sale Price
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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...
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1920s Cubist Pablo Picasso Art
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Etching
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
Pablo Picasso 'Dormeur' (A. R. 343) Sleeper Madoura Plate 1956
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Miami, FL
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Dormeur (A. R. 343)
Terre de faïence plate, 1956, an unnumbered example aside from the edition of 100, this plate was used as the mold for Ateliers Hugo's...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Ceramic
Pablo Picasso 'Le déjeuner sur l'herbe' (A. R. 517) Madoura Terracotta Tile 1964
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Miami, FL
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Le déjeuner sur l'herbe (A. R. 517)
Terre de faïence tile, 1964, proof aside from the edition of 50, partially painted, with the Empreinte Originale de P...
Category
1950s Modern Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
Untitled (6.2.69)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in New York, NY
Created as a color lithograph on Arches paper in 1969 as part of the Portraits Imaginaires Suite, Pablo Picasso’s Untitled (6.2.69) measures 25 1/2 x ...
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20th Century Modern Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Lithograph
Price Upon Request
Untitled (23.2.69)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in New York, NY
Created as a color lithograph on Arches paper in 1969 as part of the Portraits Imaginaires Suite, Pablo Picasso’s Untitled (23.2.69) measures 25 3/4 x...
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20th Century Modern Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Lithograph
Price Upon Request
The Foot Bath - French Spanish Portraiture
By Pablo Picasso
Located in London, GB
This ink drawing is dated 26.1.60.II in ink in the upper image.
Picasso created this work on Tuesday 26th January 1960.
Provenance:
Forum Fine Art, Zurich
Private Collection, Switz...
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1960s Modern Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Paper, India Ink
Price Upon Request
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....
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20th Century Modern Pablo Picasso Art
Materials
Earthenware
Price Upon Request
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...
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1930s Pablo Picasso Art
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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 ...
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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...
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1960s Modern Pablo Picasso Art
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Etching
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- 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.
- 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 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 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 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.
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- 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.
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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 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 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 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 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 four art periods are called the Blue period, the Rose period, the African-influenced period and the Cubist period. The Blue period coincided with the turn of the 20th century and included works like The Old Guitarist and The Blue Room. As its name suggests, this period was marked by Picasso's use of shades of blues and greens, which instilled in his paintings a sense of melancholy. Around 1905, Picasso entered his Rose period, adopting a brighter palette of oranges and pinks. Significant works from this time include Autoportrait à la palette and Garçon à la pipe. Many experts point to the 1907 painting Les Demoiselles d’Avignon as the start of Picasso's African-influenced period, during which Picasso employed a style inspired by Iberian and African tribal art. Picasso made many portraits in this style, most often of the women in his life, their expressively colored faces broken into geometric shards of surface planes. By the 1910s, this style had evolved into Cubism, with Picasso fragmenting his subjects into shapes. On 1stDibs, shop a variety of Pablo Picasso art.
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