Picasso: "Oh, it's just a little something I drew..."

Study for "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon"

If you missed last year's Picasso: Masterpieces from Musee National Picasso, Paris, the traveling exhibition of essential works from Picasso's personal collection, then be sure to put Picasso's Drawings, 1890-1921: Reinventing Tradition on your calendar.  Many of the 55 sketches from this collection served as "rough drawings" to masterpieces.  National Gallery of Art January 29 - May 6, 2012.