1904
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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Les Deux Saltimbanques: l'Arlequin et Sa Compagne
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Pablo Picasso Les Deux Saltimbanques: l’Arlequin et Sa Compagne (The Two Saltimbanques: The Harlequin and His Companion) is an intimate portrayal of traveling entertainers. The woman...
Collotype Print
Pablo Picasso, L'Atelier du vieux peintre
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original lithograph in five colors by Pablo Picasso, created in 1954. Each of the 5 colors of this lithograph was executed with litho crayon on transparent transfer...
Lithograph
Plate X, Le Cocu Magnifique
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Plate X, Le Cocu Magnifique Etching & aquatint, 1968 Unsigned Edition: From the unsigned edition of 200 impressions printed on Rives BFK paper There is also a signed edition of 30 im...
Aquatint, Etching
$12,000
H 24 in W 28 in D 1.5 in
Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) "Peintre et modèle avec un noeud dans les cheveux"
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pablo Picasso 1881–1973 "Peintre et modèle avec un noeud dans les cheveux" 1964 etching and aquatint on BFK Rives image: 10¾ h × 15 w in (27 × 38 cm)...
Etching, Aquatint
Plate VI, Le Cocu Magnifique
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Plate VI, Le Cocu Magnifique etching & aquatint, 1968 Unsigned as usual From the unsigned edition of 200 impressions printed on Rives BFK paper There is also a signed edition of 30 i...
Etching, Aquatint
Pablo Picasso -- Untitled from Le Cocu Magnifique
By Pablo Picasso
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Pablo Picasso Untitled from Le Cocu Magnifique, 1966 Etching with aquatint Hand signed lower right Numbered 12 / 30 mage size: 22.5 × 32.5 cm Frame size: 50.5 x 58 x 2 cm Published ...
Etching, Aquatint
Pablo Picasso, La Répétition (B. 756; M. 252)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Madrid, ES
PABLO PICASSO Spanish, 1881 - 1973 La Répétition (B. 756; M. 252) signed in black ink "Picasso" (lower left) numbered in pencil "11/50" (lower right) lithograph on Arches S. 19-2/3 x...
Lithograph
Price Upon Request
H 13.63 in W 11.63 in
Reflexion du Peintre sur la Vie (Reflection of the Painter on Life)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Drypoint, 1967. 350x300 mm; 13 5/8x11 5/8 inches, full margins. With the artist's ink stamp signature, lower right, and numbered 38/50 in pencil, lower left. A very good impression. ...
Drypoint
Plate XII, Le Cocu Magnifique
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Plate XII, Le Cocu Magnifique Etching & aquatyint, 1968 From the unsigned edition of 200 impressions printed on Rives BFK paper There is also a signed edition of 30 impressions The s...
Aquatint
$8,900
H 13 in W 15.75 in D 0.79 in
Pablo Picasso -- Peintre peignant la nuque de son jeune modele
By Pablo Picasso
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Pablo Picasso Peintre peignant la nuque de son jeune modele, 1968 From La Serie 347 Aquatint with sugar lift on vélin de Rives paper Edition 43/50 Hanf signed low right Image Size 1...
Aquatint
From 1901 to 1904, Picasso limited his palette to bluish hues in producing some of his most famous early works. A new show looks at the recycled materials, hidden underpaintings, surprising influences and bohemian lifestyle that led to their creation.
Learn the stories of some of the world's most recognizable artworks and their makers.
