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4%
Growth (AAGR 5 years)
18
Print sales (12 Months)
£412,232
Sales value (12 Months)
£22,901
Avg Price paid (12 months)

Pablo Picasso print index (5 years)

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Biography

In terms of fame and influence on Modern art, Pablo Picasso is in a league of his own. During a career spanning the best part of a century, Picasso produced around 50,000 artworks in a variety of media, ranging from painting to ceramics, and in a ground-breaking variety of styles.

Born in 1881 in Málaga, Picasso – whose first words were reportedly ‘piz piz’, in reference to the Spanish word for ‘pencil’ (‘lápiz’) – proved his ability to paint since the age of 3. At the age of 8, the artist produced Le Petit Picador Jaune, a gestural depiction of a Spanish bullfight. At the age of 14, Picasso was accepted by La Lotja, a prestigious art school where his father taught.

In 1897, Picasso moved to Madrid to attend the Royal Academy of San Fernando. He was just 16. Commenting on his formative years, Picasso later stated, ‘I never drew like a child. When I was 12, I drew like Raphael’.

In 1900, Picasso made his first visit to Paris – a city he would later call home. During the early 20th century, Picasso split his time between Paris and Barcelona, producing artworks which would become part of the artist’s famous ‘Blue Period’ (1901-1904).

During this time, he painted The Old Guitarist, which has become one of Picasso’s most famous works. Depicting a cross-legged, ghost-like figure, head downcast in apparent sorrow as they play the guitar, the sombre painting was created in 1903 as a response to the suicide of Picasso’s close friend, Catalan painter Carlos Casagemas. Its colour and composition reflect the misery of this early period in Picasso’s career, during which the artist was living in poverty in Paris, burning his paintings in an attempt to stay warm.

During Picasso’s subsequent ‘Rose Period’ (1904-1905), the artist became a favourite of American art collectors Gertrude and Leo Stein, who became his patron and introduced him to Henri Matisse. By 1907, Picasso joined the gallery of Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, one of the most prolific French collectors of the 20th century.

With friend and collaborator Georges Braque, Picasso developed Cubism, forever changing the course of art history. Rendered in Picasso’s Cubist style is one of the most famous artworks in history, Guernica (1937). The oil painting depicts the bombing, on the 26th of April 1937, of the Basque town by the forces of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. One of the most horrifying episodes of the Spanish Civil War, the bombing razed the city to the ground. Picasso’s depiction of the atrocities was exhibited at the 1937 Paris International Exposition; later, Guernica toured internationally, with all funds generated contributing to the Spanish war relief.

Painting by Pablo Picasso, depicting women of Algiers in their apartment. The women are structurally deconstructed into angular shapes. The forms are depicted in blues, greens, yellows, red and black.

Image © Christie's / Les Femmes d'Alger (Version 'O') © Pablo Picasso 1955

1. £116.2M for Pablo Picasso's Les Femmes d'Alger (Version 'O') (1955)

Inspired by an Algerian harem, Picasso's Les Femmes d'Alger (Version 'O') (1955) depicts abstracted figures with a hookah for smoking hash and opium, capturing 19th-century sensuality and orientalism. This masterpiece, part of Picasso's 1954–55 exploration of Delacroix's “femmes,” includes nearly 100 paper studies and 14 other paintings. Known for its vibrant colours and flattened perspectives, this painting marked a new style for Picasso. With a preovenance including prestigious private collections, this work was auctioned at Christie's in 1997 for £18.8 million and set Picasso's current auction record in May 2015, selling for £116.2 million.

Painting by Pablo Picasso depicting a woman, deconstructed into curvaceous forms of cream, green, yellow, powder blue against a red chair and cobalt blue background.

Image © Sotheby's / Femme à la montre © Pablo Picasso 1932

2. £113.4M for Pablo Picasso's Femme À La Montre (1932)

In November 2023, Picasso’s Femme À La Montre (1932) sold for an impressive £113.3 million at Sotheby’s New York, emerging from the Emily Fisher Landau collection. Created in 1932, this piece epitomises Picasso's emotionally intense year during his passionate affair with his lover and muse Marie-Thérèse Walter. The artwork, portraying an elegantly dressed woman against a vivid blue backdrop, reflects the rich detail and complexity Picasso achieved after retreating to Boisgeloup post-Paris retrospective. Portraits of Marie-Thérèse are valued highly on the secondary market reflected in it's top performing sale.

Painting by Pablo Picasso of a nude girl, with dark hair, holding red flowers against a powder blue background.

Image © Christie's / Fillette à la corbeille fleurie © Pablo Picasso 1905

3. £84.8M for Pablo Picasso's Fillette À La Corbeille Fleurie (1905)

Picasso's Fillette À La Corbeille Fleurie (1905) captures a girl on the cusp of maturity, symbolising the transition from childhood innocence, a key theme in his Rose Period. Picasso uses a classical style with clean, simple lines to outline Linda's figure, imbuing the scene with innocence and purity. This stylistic choice subtly hints at the underlying struggles of her life despite the outward simplicity. This poignant portrait lands among Picasso's top-selling works achieving £84.8 million at Christie's in 2018.

Painting by Pablo Picasso depicting a seated woman. The figure is deconstructed into simple curvaceous forms. She is wearing red and green clothing, and is sat on a black chair, by a window, against a blue and grey background.

Image © Christie's / Femme assise près d'une fenêtre (Marie-Thérèse) © Pablo Picasso 1932

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