At the Lapin Agile | |
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Au Lapin Agile | |
Artist | Pablo Picasso |
Year | 1905 |
Medium | oil paint, canvas |
Dimensions | 99.1 cm (39.0 in) × 100.3 cm (39.5 in) |
Location | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Accession No. | 1992.391 |
Identifiers | The Met object ID: 486162 |
Au Lapin Agile (English: At the Lapin Agile) is a 1905 oil on canvas painting by Pablo Picasso. It depicts the interior of the Lapin Agile, a famous cabaret club in the Montmartre area of Paris. The composition was produced during Picasso's Rose Period and includes a self-portrait of the artist who frequented the club in his youth. The painting is listed as one of the most expensive paintings after achieving a price of $40.7 million at Sotheby's auction on 27 November 1989. It is housed in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.