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What are Picasso's four art periods called?
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Picasso's four art periods are called the Blue period, the Rose period, the African-influenced period and the Cubist period. The Blue period coincided with the turn of the 20th century and included works like The Old Guitarist and The Blue Room. As its name suggests, this period was marked by Picasso's use of shades of blues and greens, which instilled in his paintings a sense of melancholy. Around 1905, Picasso entered his Rose period, adopting a brighter palette of oranges and pinks. Significant works from this time include Autoportrait à la palette and Garçon à la pipe. Many experts point to the 1907 painting Les Demoiselles d’Avignon as the start of Picasso's African-influenced period, during which Picasso employed a style inspired by Iberian and African tribal art. Picasso made many portraits in this style, most often of the women in his life, their expressively colored faces broken into geometric shards of surface planes. By the 1910s, this style had evolved into Cubism, with Picasso fragmenting his subjects into shapes. On 1stDibs, shop a variety of Pablo Picasso art.
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Cinésias et Myrrhine (Bloch 267-272; Cramer 24), Lysistrata, Pablo Picasso
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Etching on vélin de Rives BFK paper. Paper Size: 11.5 x 9 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Lysistrata, 1934. Published by The Limited E...
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1930s Cubist Abstract Prints
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Etching
$11,596 Sale Price
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Unused Original 1961 Lithograph Exhibition Poster Drawings Sala Gaspar Spain
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Miami, FL
Pablo Ruiz Picasso (Spain, 1881-1973)
'Dibujos. Sala Gaspar', 1961
Original poster from the exhibition
lithograph on paper
27.6 x 19.7 in. (70 x 50 cm.)
Unframed
Ref: PIC2001-P006
Co...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Original 1966 unused poster Museo Picasso Palacio Aguilar Barcelona Spain
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Miami, FL
Pablo Ruiz Picasso (Spain, 1881-1973)
'Museo Picasso. Palacio Aguilar.', 1966
Four-color offset printing on paper
30 x 21.5 in. (76 x 54.5 cm.)
Unframed
Ref: PIC2001-P009
Conservatio...
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1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Offset
The Ballet Dancer - Pablo Picasso - lithograph, Framed
By Pablo Picasso
Located in London, GB
Pablo Picasso
The Ballet Dancer, 1954
Lithograph on paper
32 x 24 cm - sheet
49.5 x 37 cm - Framed
unknown edition size
Printed signature
Reference: Bloch 767
Frontispiece for the b...
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1950s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$2,546 Sale Price
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The Taste of Happiness, Planche XV
By Pablo Picasso
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - The Taste of Happiness, Planche XV
Lithograph from 1970.
An unsigned and unnumbered edition of 666.
Dimensions of sheet: 32.5 x 25 cm
Dimensions in fr...
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1970s Modern More Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Corrida - Original Ceramic MADOURA - Rare, only a few proofs (Ramié #182)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973)
Corrida, 1953
Round dish in white earthenware
Decoration with engobe and enamel under partial cover, brown, green decoration with oxidized paraffin.
Signed...
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1950s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic