Au Lapin Agile

Au Lapin Agile is a 1905 painting by Pablo Picasso. The harlequin is a self-portrait of the artist. The woman represents his lover Germaine Pichot, formerly the obsession of Carlos Casagemas, a friend of Picasso who committed suicide in 1901 because of an unreturned love for Pichot.[1] In 1907 Pichot appeared as one of the models in Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon.[2]

This article is about the painting Au Lapin Agile by Pablo Picasso. For the cabaret club in Montmartre, Paris, see Lapin Agile.

At the Lapin Agile
Au Lapin Agile
Artist	Pablo Picasso
Year	1905
Medium	oil paint, canvas
Dimensions	99.1 cm (39.0 in) × 100.3 cm (39.5 in)
Location	Metropolitan Museum of Art
Accession No.	1992.391
Identifiers	The Met object ID: 486162
Website	www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/486162

Ownership history

Frédéric Gérard (depicted in the painting playing the guitar) commissioned the painting and exhibited it at its namesake Montmartre cabaret, the Au Lapin Agile, from 1905 to 1912.[3]

On November 27, 1989, Walter H. Annenberg bought the painting at auction from the Joan Whitney Payson family for $40.7 million. He gave the painting to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[3][2]

See also

• List of most expensive paintings

References

1. The Guardian, Jonathan Jones, The Three Dancers, Pablo Picasso (1925)
2. Tully, Judd (November 16, 1989). "$40.7 Million For Picasso Work; $269 Million Sale at Sotheby's". The Washington Post. via HighBeam Research. Archived from the original on March 29, 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2012. (subscription required)
3. "At the Lapin Agile". The Metropolitan Museum of Art.