1934, Pablo Picasso, Reading at a Table -- Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
From the museum label: In this painting of his lover Marie-Thérèse Walter reading a book, Picasso returns to a favored subject: a woman seated alone. The darkened room and glow from the lamp give her an ethereal presence, while her alabaster skin, blonde hair, and floral crown enhance her youth. Though she featured prominently in Picasso's work at the time, their relationship was the least public of Picasso's many amatory alliances, a fact that imbues this painting with a sense of tender intimacy. The canvas, one of several similar compositions Picasso painted of his mistress, is a poem by a man in love.
Link to a high resolution close-up photo of details from this painting.
1934, Pablo Picasso, Reading at a Table -- Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
From the museum label: In this painting of his lover Marie-Thérèse Walter reading a book, Picasso returns to a favored subject: a woman seated alone. The darkened room and glow from the lamp give her an ethereal presence, while her alabaster skin, blonde hair, and floral crown enhance her youth. Though she featured prominently in Picasso's work at the time, their relationship was the least public of Picasso's many amatory alliances, a fact that imbues this painting with a sense of tender intimacy. The canvas, one of several similar compositions Picasso painted of his mistress, is a poem by a man in love.
Link to a high resolution close-up photo of details from this painting.