Picasso was forced to leave the ChГўteau de Boisgeloupin 1936, as part of a separation agreement with his wife, Olga Ruiz-Picasso. The narrow ridges of corrugated cardboard, for example, served to articulate the drapery of вЂњWoman with LeavesвЂќ and вЂњThe OratorвЂќ. Beginning in 1933, Picasso started to explore the process of imprinting plaster using everyday objects and materials. The first sculptures Picasso made there were carved wood figures. There, for the first time, he had enough space to set up his own sculpture studio. The subsequent gallery focuses on PicassoвЂ™s work from the early вЂ30s, when Picasso purchased the ChГўteau de Boisgeloup. The profoundly varied works on view in this and the adjacent gallery bear no obvious reference to Apollinaire. Despite several rounds of effort, none of the ideas that Picasso offered the memorial committee were accepted. PicassoвЂ™s return to sculpture at the end of the вЂ20s had roots in a commission to create a monument for the tomb of the poet and critic Guillaume Apollinaire, who had died in 1918. All six are reunited here for the first time since leaving the artistвЂ™s studio. In spring 1914 Picasso created an edition of six unique versions of the sculpture вЂњGlass of AbsintheвЂќ. The hybrid character of these works is typical of works in this gallery.

In early 1914, Picasso reiterated his вЂњGuitarвЂќ in sheet metal. Among the first works he realized was the cardboard вЂњGuitarвЂќ, whose open structure allowed Picasso to introduce negative space into the solid forms customary to sculpture at that time. The following gallery continues with the fall of 1912, when Picasso returned to making sculpture after a hiatus of three years. The visit also encouraged PicassoвЂ™s exploration of wood carving. His encounter with the African and Oceanic sculptures catalyzed a new way of seeing. In 1907, Picasso visited the MusГ©e dвЂ™Ethnographie du TrocadГ©ro. вЂњHead of a Woman (Fernande)вЂќ and вЂњKneeling Woman Combing Her HairвЂќ are modeled on PicassoвЂ™s lover Fernande Olivier. As with many of his works, вЂњ The JesterвЂќ began as a portrait of someone he knew, in this case the poet Max Jacob. Following his move to Paris in 1904, Picasso continued to rely on the tools and studios of friends and explore subjects parallel to those of his paintings. Known as вЂњSeated WomanвЂќ, this small figure was modeled in clay in the studio of a local sculptor. The first gallery focuses on PicassoвЂ™s earliest work including his first sculpture, made in Barcelona in 1902 when he was 20. The installation occupies the entirety of MoMAвЂ™s 4th floor galleries, allowing sufficient space for the sculptures to be viewed fully in the round. The exhibition brings together 140 sculptures from PicassoвЂ™s entire career via loans from major public and private collections. The exhibition вЂњPicasso SculptureвЂќ, on view at the Museum of Modern Art offers a broad survey of Pablo PicassoвЂ™s work in three dimensions, spanning the years 1902 to 1964. He approached the medium with the freedom of a self-taught artist, ready to break all the rules. Unlike painting, in which he was formally trained and through which he made his living, sculpture occupied a uniquely personal and experimental status for Picasso. The same principles and the same elements are common to allвЂ¦ Many think that Cubism is an art of transition, an experiment which is to bring ulterior resultsвЂ¦ Cubism is not either a seed or a foetus, but an art dealing primarily with forms, and when a form is realized it is there it lives its own lifeвЂ¦ Cubism has kept itself within the limits and limitations of painting, never pretending to go beyond itвЂ¦ Our subjects might be different, as we have been introduced into painting, objects and forms that were formerly ignoredвЂ¦ In our subjects, we keep the joy of discovery, the pleasure of the unexpected out subject itself must be a source of interest.Over the course of his long career, Picasso devoted himself to sculpture using both traditional and unconventional materials and techniques. вЂњCubism is no different from any other school of painting. Below is a quick excerpt from PicassoвЂ™s conversation from the journal The Arts, which will provide insights into Cubism as a movement and the underlying principles behind PicassoвЂ™s work. Picasso produced an astonishing range of art styles and is responsible for creating Cubism alongside fellow artist George Braque. Unlike many artists who died in abject poverty during their lifetimes, Picasso was extremely wealthy, with experts estimating his net worth to be in the billions.

Pablo Picasso is one of the greatest artists throughout history.

Picasso maquette for guitar