Because during his old age, he started fondly thinking of other artists that he liked. He not only painted degas but himself in various forms as well. He painted them in brothel because apparently picasso himself frequented brothels... read more
Picasso undoubtedly knew of these works by that time if not earlier, and in 1958, as his own art collection was growing, he acquired nine of the brothel monotypes. Thirteen years later, he used these works as the inspiration for his etchings depicting brothels, and included Degas himself in the scenes. read more
In Picasso’s first sketches, a male medical student or city health inspector holding a book locks eyes with the crouching demoiselle: The gruesome mystery of procreation can be observed but not explained by science. Picasso called this work “my first exorcism painting.” It was an experiment in black magic. read more