This drawing is a satirical self-portrait of the aged Picasso (who was eighty-six years old at the time) and his naked model. She is his muse, Jacqueline Rocque, whom he married in 1961. Sitting on a chamberpot, as if incontinent, he points his phallic pipe in her direction. A common theme in Picasso's later work is a clothed older man looking at a young naked woman. This was influenced by Manet's celebrated painting 'Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe.'
Pablo Picasso (Spanish / French, 1881 - 1973)
The son of an artist, Picasso was born in Malaga, Spain, and studied at art school in Barcelona. He visited Paris in 1900 and after several extended stays settled there in 1904. Picasso was a hugely prolific and highly influential artist who worked in numerous styles throughout his life. However, it is probably for his cubist paintings that he is known. Their revolutionary treatment of subject matter, whether still life or portrait, is instantly recognisable as being by Picasso. The Gallery of Modern Art has a small, but choice collection of Picasso's work, including a 'Blue Period' painting, a cubist collage, two still life paintings, two drawings, several prints and some notable loans.
![Homme et femme [Man and Woman]](http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/42/collection/GMA 3892.jpg)
