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Pablo Picasso — Figure
Pablo Picasso

Figure

"Figure" exemplifies Picasso's Cubist approach through its fragmented, geometric decomposition of the human form into angular planes and multiple viewpoints simultaneously presented on a single canvas. The work demonstrates his systematic deconstruction of representational space, where body parts are abstracted and reassembled according to formal pictorial logic rather than anatomical naturalism. Created during his high Cubist period, the painting reflects Picasso's revolutionary investigation into how three dimensional subjects could be translated into two dimensional abstraction.

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Collection Niomar Moniz Sodré Bittencourt | La Liberté pour dogme

April 10, 2025

Estimate: $12,000$18,000

Lot 30

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Pablo Picasso, Figure

"Figure" exemplifies Picasso's Cubist approach through its fragmented, geometric decomposition of the human form into angular planes and multiple viewpoints simultaneously presented on a single canvas. The work demonstrates his systematic deconstruction of representational space, where body parts are abstracted and reassembled according to formal pictorial logic rather than anatomical naturalism. Created during his high Cubist period, the painting reflects Picasso's revolutionary investigation into how three dimensional subjects could be translated into two dimensional abstraction.

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Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

20th Century, Cubism, Geometric Composition, Modernist, Abstracted form, Spanish Artist, Monochromatic Palette, Human Figure, Oil on Canvas, Deconstructed anatomy

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Collected by

Sebastián In Situ, Richard Caswell, Cleveland Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Sebastián Naranjo, Alex Capecelatro, Saul Beceiro Novo