Irene Lees British, b. 1943
'Unrequited Devotion' Marie Therese Walter, 2018
Archival ink on watercolour paper
97 x 77 cm
Copyright The Artist
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“For me there are only two kinds of women: goddesses and doormats” – Pablo Picasso. In this series of artwork-essays, Irene Lees explores the cultural imbalances between the sexes by...
“For me there are only two kinds of women: goddesses and doormats” – Pablo Picasso.
In this series of artwork-essays, Irene Lees explores the cultural imbalances between the sexes by directing her considerable mastery with a pen towards the many tumultuous relationships of one of arts most renowned womanisers. Through meticulous skill in research and application she addresses what some consider to be an ‘unpalatable truth’ about the much-loved Spanish artist, his treatment of the women at the centre of his life and work.
Marie-Thérèse Walter (1909-1977; with Picasso 1927-1936) The fourth, and arguably most famous of Picasso's muses. Picasso met the blonde 17 year-old outside the Galeries Lafayette department store in Paris in 1927, but kept their affair secret for eight years. She gave him a daughter, Maia, in 1935, at about the time she was supplanted in Picasso's affections by Dora Maar. She hanged herself in 1977.
In this series of artwork-essays, Irene Lees explores the cultural imbalances between the sexes by directing her considerable mastery with a pen towards the many tumultuous relationships of one of arts most renowned womanisers. Through meticulous skill in research and application she addresses what some consider to be an ‘unpalatable truth’ about the much-loved Spanish artist, his treatment of the women at the centre of his life and work.
Marie-Thérèse Walter (1909-1977; with Picasso 1927-1936) The fourth, and arguably most famous of Picasso's muses. Picasso met the blonde 17 year-old outside the Galeries Lafayette department store in Paris in 1927, but kept their affair secret for eight years. She gave him a daughter, Maia, in 1935, at about the time she was supplanted in Picasso's affections by Dora Maar. She hanged herself in 1977.
