Claire Salvo
Picasso II, 2022
Oil on linen/cotton blend
Unique
Unique
2.5 x 6.25 in
6.35 x 15.87 cm
6.35 x 15.87 cm
Claire Salvo’s Picasso fuses art history with American currency in a single, charged image. Painted directly onto a one-dollar bill, her portrait echoes Picasso’s early Cubist self-portraits—angular features, restless brushwork,...
Claire Salvo’s Picasso fuses art history with American currency in a single, charged image. Painted directly onto a one-dollar bill, her portrait echoes Picasso’s early Cubist self-portraits—angular features, restless brushwork, fractured color—pressed into the confines of Washington’s oval frame. The clash between the austere green engraving and Salvo’s expressive paint turns the note into a witty tribute to the artist who redefined value in modern art, asking what happens when a revolutionary mind is literally printed on money.