Portrait of Pablo Picasso

Portrait of Pablo Picasso is an oil on paper mounted on card painting by Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani created in 1915.

[1] The portrait depicts the duality in the relations of Modigliani and Picasso who shared both an artistic rivalry and a mutual admiration.

[2] Modigliani and Picasso first met in Paris in 1906 when Modigliani lived in Le Bateau-Lavoir artistic community where Picasso had a studio and worked on such works as Les Demoselles d’Avignon.

[4] In the 1930s, the Portrait of Pablo Picasso by Modigliani was owned by Pablo Picasso, as well as some other Modigliani's work, including Girl with Brown Hair, dating from 1918.

[3] Currently the Portrait of Pablo Picasso is in a private collection.