We went to a flea market two years later, and I picked up several older art booklets, surely a supplement to a larger book set or magazine(Art Treasures of the World) , and one was entitled 'On Truth to Nature' by H.W.Janson, 1953. I was flipping through it and on page 18, next to the last page, was this painting, by one of my favorite artists, and one of the most original mankind had ever known-Pablo Picasso-entitled, to my absolute astonishment- "First Steps". I had never seen this painting previously. I remember getting chills because the subject matter was the same, although in a slightly different format, yet the title is exactly the same. Not 'baby's first steps' or 'the first steps' but "First Steps". So I think maybe Picasso is speaking to me somehow! ;)
At the time of the publication of the booklet, the painting was in some very lucky persons private collection, as stated in the caption below the photoin the booklet. Today it resides at Yale, and they are very privledged to have it.
