1933
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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Deux Nus Assis (Two Seated Nudes) - Etching on Paper, Edition 47/100, 1930
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Palm Desert, CA
‘Deux Nus Assis’ is an etching on paper by Pablo Picasso. Following his transformative 1917 visit to Italy—where Picasso encountered ancient sculpture, Renaissance masterworks, and P...
Etching
Les deux femmes nues (The Two Naked Women) - Rare Lithograph on Paper, 1946
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Picasso developed this composition through a sequence of 18 lithographic states, worked on a single stone. Only the final, 18th state was published, in a signed edition of 50. At eac...
Lithograph
Le Collier (The Necklace) - Drypoint on Paper, Signed Edition 38/50, 1923
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Palm Desert, CA
'Le Collier (The Necklace)' belongs to the Picasso’s larger suite entitled 'La Caisse à remords (The Chest of Remorse),' a collection of etching and drypoint prints created between 1...
Laid Paper, Drypoint
Groupe de Trois Femmes (Group of Three Women) - Etching edition 64/100, 1922
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Pablo Picasso's ‘Groupe de Trois Femmes’ (1922–1923) emerges from his Neoclassical period, a watershed moment in his career when he pivoted from Cubism toward classical forms and myt...
Drypoint, Etching
Profil d’homme (Man Profile) - Etching Edition 17/50, 1924-1961
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Palm Desert, CA
'Profil d’homme (Man Profile)’ is an etching on laid paper by Pablo Picasso. Picasso’s etching approach prioritized economical, confident line over tonal modeling. He drew directly o...
Paper, Etching
Femme nue couronnée de fleurs, aux jambes croisées (from the Vollard Suite)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Palm Desert, CA
‘Femme nue couronnée de fleurs, aux jambes croisées’ is an etching from the edition of 260 impressions, from the Vollard Suite, by Pablo Picasso. The artwork is signed in pencil, low...
Etching
Le Modèle et son Peintre - Etching by Pablo Picasso - 1963
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Roma, IT
Etching, burin and Aquatint. Edition of 24/50 prints, numbered and hand signed. Rare and in very good conditions. Bibliography: G. Bloch, Picasso: Catalog of the Printed Graphic wor...
Etching
Modele Accoude sur un Tableau Etching, Modern Style, Framed, 1930s
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in New York, NY
Depicting a model leaning on a board or canvas, the work reflects Picasso's sustained interest in the human figure and the artist's studio. Created during a period in which classical...
Etching
Écuyères et Jongleuse, Signed Etching, 1968, from 347 Series, 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...
Paper, Etching
Pablo Picasso, "Sculpteur et Modele debout, " etching, hand signed
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Artist: Pablo Picasso Title: Sculpteur et Modele debout Year: 1933 Medium: Original etching Edition: hand signed in pencil from an edition of 250 on small margins Size: Frame: 27 x 2...
Etching
Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) - COCU MAGNIFIQUE - Etching on paper - 1968
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Varese, IT
Etching on paper, edited in 1968. Limited edition, numbered as 77/200 in lower left corner. Hand-signed by artist in pencil in the lower right corner. Plate size: 21,7 x 31,5cm Pape...
Etching
Homme Nu Assis en Tailleur Etching, Cubist, Signed, 1960s, 47/50, Bloch 1600
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Aventura, FL
Homme nu assis en Tailleur, Plate 121 from Series 347 (B. 1600; Ba. 1616). Etching on wove paper. Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Edition 47/50. Image size 3.5 x 2.5 inches...
Paper, Etching
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.
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