Masterpieces From Picasso’s Heroic Years: Challenging the Old Masters | Sotheby’s
"I have less and less time, and I have more and more to say." — Pablo Picasso
Age did not slow Picasso down. It spurred him on. In his final decade, having conquered everything, he took up the mantle of Rembrandt, Velázquez, Poussin, David, Van Gogh and Cézanne, and painted men and women at their most elemental.
Four works from a prestigious European family trace those heroic years. In Femme nue et homme au fanion (1969), a musketeer holds a pennant in the reds and yellows of Spain. In Couple (1970), two figures rest nose to nose, eyes closed, an image of the contentment he found with Jacqueline Roque. Nu (1972) fills its sheet to every edge, and Le Peintre et son modèle returns to the painter and model, an archetype he revisited across his career.
Edith Eustis, Sotheby's Global Head of Research, Impressionist & Modern Art, walks through the group. Picasso's Heroic Years: Masterpieces from a Prestigious European Family will be offered in the Modern Evening Auction, presented in partnership with CELINE, at Sotheby's New York on 18 November 2026, and is on view at the historic Breuer building through 17 November.
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