Pablo Picasso

Spanish · 1881–1973 · Painter, Printmaker

Pablo Ruiz Picasso was a Spanish painter and sculptor who spent most of his adult life in France. One of the most influential artists of the 20th century, he is known for… (Wikipedia)

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Jeune femme tirant la moustache d'un gentilhomme en train de tortiller son jonc (Young Woman Pulling the Moustache of a Gentleman Twirling his Ring), plate 262 from Séries 347 (Bl. 1742, Ba. 1759), 1968
Etching · Paper · ed. 34/50
I. 26.7 x 20.9 cm (10 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.) S. 41.9 x 32.8 cm (16 1/2 x 12 7/8 in.)
Phillips · Jun 7, 2023 · Lot 94
£6,350≈ $7,916≈ €7,386Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. £2,000–3,000View at Phillips ↗
La bonne aventure, avec un curieux simiesque (Fortune Telling, with a Curious Ape), plate 26 from Séries 156 (Bl. 1881, Ba. 1887), 1970
Etching · Paper · ed. 23/50
I. 20.6 x 14.8 cm (8 1/8 x 5 7/8 in.) S. 32.9 x 25.3 cm (12 7/8 x 9 7/8 in.)
Phillips · Jun 7, 2023 · Lot 95
£2,794≈ $3,483≈ €3,250Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. £3,000–5,000View at Phillips ↗
Filles entre elles, la sous-maîtresse (The Women Amongst Themselves, the Madam), plate 134 from Séries 156 (Bl. 1989, Ba. 1999), 1971
Etching · Paper · ed. 21/50
I. 36.5 x 49.1 cm (14 3/8 x 19 3/8 in.) S. 50.5 x 65.5 cm (19 7/8 x 25 3/4 in.)
Phillips · Jun 7, 2023 · Lot 96
£2,413≈ $3,008≈ €2,807Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. £1,200–1,800View at Phillips ↗
Peintre, modèle au chapeau de paille, et gentilhomme (Painter, Model in a Straw Hat, and a Gentleman), plate 293 from Séries 347 (Bl. 1773, Ba. 1790), 1968
Etching · Paper · ed. 34/50
I. 28 x 39 cm (11 x 15 3/8 in.) S. 45.4 x 54.6 cm (17 7/8 x 21 1/2 in.)
Phillips · Jun 7, 2023 · Lot 97
£1,905≈ $2,375≈ €2,216Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. £1,500–2,000View at Phillips ↗
Portraits imaginaire (Imaginary Portraits): one plate, 1969After the artist
Lithograph · Paper · ed. 173/250
S. 65.8 x 50.2 cm (25 7/8 x 19 3/4 in.)
Phillips · Jun 7, 2023 · Lot 98
£3,810≈ $4,750≈ €4,432Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. £1,000–1,500View at Phillips ↗
Femme au Fauteuil III, 1948
Lithograph · Paper
65.7 x 50.2 cm
Lempertz · Jun 6, 2023 · Lot 82
€34,020≈ $36,344≈ £29,293Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €30,000–40,000View at Lempertz ↗
Wood-Owl, 1948
Sculpture · ed. 24/200
31,5 x 39 x 4cm
Van Ham · Jun 5, 2023 · Lot 181
€9,900≈ $10,583≈ £8,546Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €8,000–View at Van Ham ↗
Faun's Head, 1948
Sculpture · ed. 29/300
39 x 32 x 4,5cm
Van Ham · Jun 5, 2023 · Lot 182
€11,880≈ $12,700≈ £10,255Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €10,000–View at Van Ham ↗
Buste de femme, 1971
Oil · Canvas
92 x 72,5cm
Van Ham · Jun 5, 2023 · Lot 54
€4,343,000≈ $4,642,667≈ £3,748,924Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €1,500,000–View at Van Ham ↗
Profil de Jacqueline (A.R. 385), 1956
Sculpture · ed. 320/500
Ø18.5 cm
Ravenel · Jun 3, 2023 · Lot 038
NT$432,000Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. NT$220,000–320,000View at Ravenel ↗

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Pablo Picasso signature

2,445 catalogued lots by Pablo Picasso record a signature line. The most common placement is lower right (70% of lots that state a placement). Most often: signed.

Placement

lower right509
lower left61
in the plate45
on the reverse31
in the margin25
upper left25

Form

signed1,797
signed in pencil483
signed and dated102
stamped signature53
initialled7
monogrammed3

Inscribed '23/50' lower left; signed 'Picasso' lower right — Têtes de Béliers, Phillips, Sep 30, 2026
Signed at the bottom right in black, "Picasso"; numbered at the bottom left in pencil, "51/200" — Still Life with Candlestick, Artmark, Sep 24, 2026
Signed lower right, in black, "Picasso"; numbered lower left, with pencil, "44/200" — Seated wife with a hat in the shape of a fish, Artmark, Sep 24, 2026

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About Pablo Picasso

Pablo Ruiz Picasso was a Spanish painter and sculptor who spent most of his adult life in France. One of the most influential artists of the 20th century, he is known for co-founding the Cubist movement, the invention of constructed sculpture, the co-invention of collage, and for the wide variety of styles that he helped develop and explore. Among his most famous works are the proto-Cubist Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907) and the anti-war painting Guernica (1937), a dramatic portrayal of the bombing of Guernica by German and Italian air forces during the Spanish Civil War. His career spanned more than 76 years, from his late teens to his death in 1973.

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