Yo, Picasso

Yo, Picasso
English: I, Picasso
Artist Pablo Picasso
Year 1901 (1901)
Medium Oil on canvas
Movement Blue Period
Dimensions 73.5 cm × 60.5 cm (28.9 in × 23.8 in)
Location Private collection

Yo, Picasso (“I, Picasso”), is a painting by Pablo Picasso done in 1901.

In 2013, it was exhibited at the Courtauld Gallery, "Becoming Picasso: Paris 1901."[1][2]

Ownership history

In 1981, Wendell Cherry bought it at auction for $5.8 million. In May 1989, he sold it at Sotheby's for $47.9 million to a private collector.[3]

References

  1. "Visual art review: Becoming Picasso: Paris 1901 – Portrait of te artist as quixotic genius and grieving friend". The Independent. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
  2. Melikian, Souren (2013-03-08). "The Year Picasso Experimented With Style". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
  3. Kakkar, Nishu. "10 Most Expensive Pablo Picasso Paintings". Retrieved 16 November 2017.
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