1928
Marie-Thérèse in Profile
Pablo Ruiz y PicassoSpanish, 1881 - 1973
Picasso depicted his mistress and muse Marie-Thérèse Walter in innumerable paintings, sculptures, drawings, and prints throughout their eight-year affair. They met in early 1927, when he was forty-five and she was seventeen. He approached her outside a Paris department store, captivated by her Grecian profile. In this compelling portrait, Picasso emphasizes her classical features and ideal beauty.
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