Yo, Picasso | |
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English: I, Picasso | |
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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 |
Yo, Picasso (English: I, Picasso), is an oil-on-canvas painting by Pablo Picasso, which he painted in 1901. It is a self-portrait of the artist that depicts him in his youth, aged 19. The painting was created at the beginning of Picasso's Blue Period. On 9 May 1989, the painting sold at Sotheby's, achieving a price of $47.85 million, making it one of the most expensive paintings sold up to that date.