Picasso: Portrait of a Restless Artist as a Young Man - By Karen Wilkin (The Wall Street Journal)

"Matisse loved moving paint around. Picasso loved to draw," once said painter Kenneth Noland. His assessment of the Spanish master's preference is borne out by "Picasso's Drawings, 1890-1921: Reinventing Tradition," now at the Frick Collection ... read more

Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) Self-Portrait, late 1901 / early 1902 Black chalk with watercolor on paper. 

12 x 9 3/8 inches. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Ailsa Mellon Bruce. Collection, 1970.17.164 

© 2011 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York