Picassos's napkin
The myth of the overnight success and value
Picasso was at a Paris coffee place and feeling inspired he took a charcoal pencil from his pocket making a rapid sketch in a paper napkin. It took only a few strokes, yet was unmistakably a Picasso.
When he was about to leave, leaving the napkin behind, an admirer approached him and asked if she could keep the napkin to himself.
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