Self-Portrait "Yo"

1900

Not on view

In connection with, or soon after, his first solo exhibition at the principal meeting place of the Barcelona avant-garde, the bohemian tavern Els Quatre Gats, Picasso made a set of small caricatures of the prominent members of the informal club. This self-portrait announces the eighteen-year-old as a mature artist working in a sophisticated Art Nouveau style.

Artwork Details

Title: Self-Portrait "Yo"
Artist: Pablo Picasso (Spanish, Malaga 1881–1973 Mougins, France)
Date: 1900
Medium: Pen and brown ink and matte translucent paint on paper
Dimensions: 3 3/4 × 3 7/16 in. (9.6 × 8.8 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Gift of Raymonde Paul, in memory of her brother, C. Michael Paul, 1982
Object Number: 1982.179.18
Rights and Reproduction: © 2026 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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