1943
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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Le Carmen des Carmen illustrated by Pablo Picasso - 1960s
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Roma, IT
Rare book by Prosper Mérimée and Louis Aragon, illustrated by Pablo Picasso. Published by La Bibliothèque Française/Editeurs Français Réunis, in 1964. Includes three aquatints, on...
Etching, Lithograph
Dons des Féminines - Rare Book Illustrated by V. Penrose and P. Picasso - 1951
Located in Roma, IT
Dons des Féminines is an original Rare Book illustrated by Valentine Penrose (1898 – 1978) and by Pablo Picasso (Malaga, 1881 – Moujins, 1973) in 195...
Paper, Etching, Photogravure
Hommage à Pablo Picasso - Catalogue by P. Picasso - 1966
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Roma, IT
Hommage à Pablo Picasso is the catalogue of Pablo Picasso's exhibition of paintings held at the Grand Palais des Champs-Élysées (commonly known as the Grand Palais) in Paris, Novembe...
Paper
Pablo Picasso. Das Graphische Werk - Vintage Catalogue - 1954
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Roma, IT
Catalog of the exhibition of Pablo Picasso held at the Kunsthaus Zürich Museum, May-June 1954. Introduction by Bernhard Geiser. In-8º, text in German, 110 b/w plates, cm 24 x 1.5 x 17, 1954. On the page preceding the frontispiece a photography of the artist. Illustrated softcover ('Le repas frugal...
Paper
Picasso Musée des Arts Décoratifs - Vintage Catalogue by P. Picasso - 1955
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Roma, IT
Original Title: Picasso. Dessins en noir et en couleurs. 15 Décembre 1969-12 Janvier 1971. Catalogue of Pablo Picasso's exhibition held at the Louise Leiris Gallery in Paris, from 1...
Paper
Le Secret Professionnel - Vintage Rare Book Illustrated by Jean Cocteau - 1925
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Roma, IT
Le Secret Professionnel is an original modern rare book illustrated by Jean Cocteau (Maisons-Laffitte, 1889 – Milly-la-Forêt, 1963) in 1925. Published by Au Sens Pareil, Paris. Original Edition. 530 numbered copies, one of the 440 copies on vélin d'Annonay. Format: in 8°. The book includes 105 pages with Twelve full page color drawings. Mint conditions. Jean Cocteau (Maisons-Laffitte, 1889 – Milly-la-Forêt, 1963). Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau was one of the most famous French writer, designer, playwright, artist and filmmaker. The novel Les Enfants Terribles (1929) and the films Blood of a Poet (1930), Les Parents Terribles (1948), Beauty and the Beast (1946) and Orpheus (1949) are his most appreciated works. His circle of friends, lovers and colleagues included Kenneth Anger...
Paper
Maison de la Pensée Française Lithograph, Cubist, 20th Century
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This 1958 lithograph, titled Maison de la Pensée Française, is a work designed by Pablo Picasso produced by Mourlot in Paris. The lithograph is referenced in the following catalogues...
Lithograph
Carmen, The Bull's Horns - Original Etching (Cramer #52)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO Carmen, The Bull's Horns, 1949 Original burin engraving (Atelier Lacourière, Paris) Unsigned On Montval wove paper 33 x 26 cm (12.9 x 10.2 in) REFERENCES : - Catalog...
Etching
Affiche Exposition de Céramiques 1958, Lithograph
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Greenwich, CT
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Affiche Exposition de Céramiques Exhibition poster Lithograph in color on wove paper , with full margins. from the unsigned and unnumbered edition of 500 ...
Lithograph
Pablo Picasso Etching, 1949, Carmen XXXII, Head of a Bull
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Pablo Picasso Title: Head of a Bull (Plate XXXII) Portfolio: Carmen Medium: Etching on Montval wove paper Year: 1949 Edition: 289 Sheet Size: 13" x 10 3/16" Signed: No (signe...
Etching
Pablo Picasso, Untitled, from Carmen, 1949
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) Title: Untitled (Sans titre) Year: October 25, 1949 Medium: Engraving on velin de Montval paper Paper Size: 13 x 10.187 inches (33.02 x 25.88 cm) Co...
Engraving
De Mémoir d'Homme, Planche I, Original Lithograph, Modern, 1950, Excellent
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...
Lithograph
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.
