Pablo Picasso

Guillaume Apollinaire, Paris

Jacqueline Apollinaire, Paris (the artist's widow)

Bernard Poissonnier, Paris (gift from the above)

Daniel Filipacchi, Paris

Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 2 December 1995, lot 575

Acquired at the above sale

Paris, Pavillon des arts, Apollinaire, critique d'art, 1993, p. 227

Christian Zervos, Pablo Picasso, Supplément aux années 1903-1906, vol. 22, Paris, 1970, no. 291, p. 109, illustrated

Peter Read, Picasso et Apollinaire: Les métamorphoses de la mémoire, 1905-1973, Paris, 1995, p. 38

The friendship between Pablo Picasso and Guillaume Apollinaire is well known. They met in 1905 and, together with Max Jacob, formed an inseparable trio. It was Picasso who introduced Apollinaire to Marie Laurencin in 1907. In 1918, each served as witness as the other's wedding: Apollinaire's marriage to Jacqueline in May, and Picasso's marriage to Olga in July.

Picasso produced numerous portraits of Apollinaire, including this one, executed at the beginning of their friendship.

© Succession Picasso, Paris, 2026.