Yo, Picasso
Yo, Picasso (“I, Picasso”), is a painting by Pablo Picasso done in 1901.
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English: I, Picasso | |
Artist | Pablo Picasso |
Year | 1901 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Movement | Blue Period |
Dimensions | 73.5 cm × 60.5 cm (28.9 in × 23.8 in) |
Location | Private collection |
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 Greek billionaire Stavros Niarchos. It is currently owned by Philip Niarchos, the eldest son of Stavros Niarchos.[3]
gollark: You can tell that *you* like it, and ask other people and see that *they* do or don't.
gollark: You can't look at a piece of art and somehow infer from it "ah yes, this is an objectively good piece of art".
gollark: Those are, you know, observable verifiable facts.
gollark: So what you're saying is that when something stops being subjective is subjective?
gollark: "Agreed upon" doesn't mean "objective".
See also
References
- "Visual art review: Becoming Picasso: Paris 1901 – Portrait of te artist as quixotic genius and grieving friend". The Independent. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
- Melikian, Souren (2013-03-08). "The Year Picasso Experimented With Style". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
- Kakkar, Nishu. "10 Most Expensive Pablo Picasso Paintings". Retrieved 16 November 2017.
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