Marie-Thèrése Walter, one of Picasso’s favourite muses, is depicted on this big portrait, he had secret intimate relations with her while he was married to Russian ballet dancer Olga Khokhlova. Rounded delicate lines, so typical of portraits of Marie, are contrasting here with the precisely drawn cross of the window frame. Muted but fresh colours show the romantic mood of the painter in love. The girl lowered her eyes and is writing something in her diary.
They got acquainted in a picture gallery in Paris. He just grabbed her hand and said: “I’m Picasso! We’ll do great deeds!” They started meeting secretly. Strident and fanciful Surrealism that reigned on his pictures then was gradually replaced by soft femininity, rounded sensitivity and delicate eroticism. However, Marie herself appears on his canvases only several years later. In 1935 their daughter Maya was born, and Olga Khokhlova left the painter.
Lyrical Surrealism of the early 1930s, when mostly Marie is depicted, is one of the peaks of the painter’s creative work and the priceless contribution into the history of arts of the 20th century.
Sold June 19, 2017 at Sotheby's London for £27 million
27 January Eduardo wrote: 'In which museum can you find this painting?
Portrait d`homme [Bibi-la-puree]'
22 January Andrew from Kiko & Lola's House wrote: 'so dreamlike, but i cannot tell whether it's because the work is supposed to be abstract, or whether it's because the resolution is terrible. a beautiful painting, nonetheless.'
28 November Yoshitha from Kiko & Lola's House wrote: 'This drawing is the source of fantasy to be created in my head. The use of shapes makes this drawing unique. I like this drawing'
12 November admin from Kiko & Lola's House wrote: 'to #35. Harry: fixed it. thank you!'
11 November Harry from Kiko & Lola's House wrote: 'Hi...I hate to be a buzzkill but...This is one of Picasso' greatest drawings (no surprise that it graces the cover of a standard catalogue from the Musee Picasso in Paris) but this is literally the worst reproduction of it I've ever seen (insert facepalm). I have a high res version where the 'color' is accurate (not the murky gray-green of yours). I'm never sure if for profit sites like yours just don't get it or just don't care. I'm surprised Picasso's heirs haven't come down on you. I ran a fairly high profile non-profit art history site long ago; they harassed me....Apologies for raining on your parade, but you can and should do better. These ubelievably poor digital images do a disservice both to the art and the artist.'
22 September Alex Knight from Australia wrote: 'I love this painting. I just sent a copy of it to my children. I wish I had seen it when I was young.
This is the same man who painted the Guernic. Which I did see when I was young.'
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01 May anton from the dollar store wrote: 'i love the energy in this sketch, the figure so spry and full of life... makes you think about how much picasso liked women. he really really really liked women.'
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30 March Monika Ohri from Gurugram wrote: 'Very interesting to know about Picasso‘s early life, and he was always sketching and painting.'
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