This is the signature of Picasso on his 1903 painting (from his Blue Period) titled "The Absinthe Drinker".
Picasso experimented with various shortened versions of his name as his painting signature, including circled initials, before setting on "Pablo Picasso". Today we generally hear him referred to as simply "Picasso". His full name was: Pablo, Digo, Jose, Francisco de Paula, Juan Nepomuceno, Maria de los Remedios, Cipriano, dela Santisima Trinidad, Ruiz Picasso1.
Reference:
1. "A Sum of Destructions: Picasso's Cultures and the Creation of Cubism", by Natasha Staller. Yale University Press. Page p209.
Picasso experimented with various shortened versions of his name as his painting signature, including circled initials, before setting on "Pablo Picasso". Today we generally hear him referred to as simply "Picasso". His full name was: Pablo, Digo, Jose, Francisco de Paula, Juan Nepomuceno, Maria de los Remedios, Cipriano, dela Santisima Trinidad, Ruiz Picasso1.
Reference:
1. "A Sum of Destructions: Picasso's Cultures and the Creation of Cubism", by Natasha Staller. Yale University Press. Page p209.
