Pablo Picasso Blue Period Mixed Media on Paper COA – February 28, 2019
Mixed media on paper. Featuring portrait of a woman in blue. Signed Picasso on the lower right corner. 27 x 19.5 cm (10.6 x 7.7 inches). Accompanied with a certificate of authenticity. PROVENANCE: Private English collection (Middlesex, Twickenham)
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Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973) was one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. His ingenious use of form, color, and perspective profoundly impacted later generations of painters. They included the likes of Willem de Kooning and David Hockney. “There are artists who transform the sun into a yellow spot, but there are others who, thanks to their art and intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun,” he once said.
Born Pablo Diego Jose Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno Crispín Crispiniano María de los Remedios de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz Picasso on October 25, 1881 in Málaga, Spain, his prodigious talent was cultivated early on by his father the painter Jose Ruíz Blasco. Picasso went on to attend the Royal Academy of San Fernando in Madrid, and lived for a time in Barcelona before settling in Paris in 1904. Immersed in the avant-garde circles of Gertrude Stein, he rapidly transitioned from Neo-Impressionism through the Blue Period and Rose Period, before reaching a culmination in his masterpiece Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (1907). Constantly in search of pictorial solutions and in dialogue with his friend Georges Braque, Picasso melded forms he saw in African sculpture with the multiple perspectives he gleaned from Paul Cezanne, to produce Cubism.
Auction Overview
Richmond Hill, ON – 433 fresh to market items will be available to the discerning buyers and collectors in 888 Auctions’ February 28th auction featuring the finest in MODERN ART, ESTATE ANTIQUES & COINS 2019-02-28. Taking place in the afternoon at 2 PM (EST), bidders will be competing against one another over a variety of items on display.
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