1923
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
Two Sculptured Men (from the Vollard Suite) - Figurative Etching on Paper, 1933
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Palm Desert, CA
'Two Sculptured Men’ is an etching on paper by Pablo Picasso from the Vollard Suite. Comprised of 100 etchings produced between 1930 and 1937, the Vollard Suite is the most signific...
Etching
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
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
Tête de femme, face et profil (from Picasso Dessins) - Lithograph on Paper
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This print is dedicated to Marcel Boudin, who was employed as Picasso's driver from 1931 to 1951. Boudin oversaw Picasso's transportation in his newly acquired luxury Hispano Suiza m...
Lithograph, Japan Paper
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
Étreinte VI Drypoint Etching, Modern, 1963, Signed, Framed
By Pablo Picasso
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Étreinte VI (Embrace VI) Drypoint etching from 1963. The edition of 25/50. Dimensions of work: 55 x 45 cm. Hand signed. Publisher: Galerie Louise Lei...
Etching, Drypoint
"Untitled Men and Women", 12" x 15" Lithograph Attributed to Pablo Picasso
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This 12" x 15" etching in a 26.5" x 30.5" frame is attributed to Pablo Picasso. The imprint of the plate can be seen imbedded into the paper and is created using a deep brown ink. Th...
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
Le Voil, I Drypoint Print, Nude Style, Circa 1930, Signed, 4.75x3.63"
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Provenance: Marina Picasso Estate, her number verso Purchased from Jan Krugier Gallery, NY References And Exhibitions: Georges Bloch, Picasso: Catalogue de l'oeuvre grave et lith...
Drypoint
Étreinte I, Original Drypoint Etching, Modern, 1963, Framed, Signed
By Pablo Picasso
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Étreinte I (Embrace I) Drypoint etching from 1963. The edition of 47/50. Dimensions of work: 59 x 76 cm. Hand signed. Publisher: Galerie Louise Leiri...
Drypoint, Etching
Pablo Picasso, "Les Trois Graces, II, " original etching, hand signed
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Pablo Picasso Les Trois Graces, II 1922/23 This is numbered 74/100 Published by Marcel Guiot, Paris. Original etching, hand signed in pencil by Pica...
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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