Pablo Picasso’s portrait of his mistress Marie Thérèse Walter has been sold for 28 million pounds at a London auction. It depicts her in bright colours, sitting near a window.  When the couple met, she was just 17, while he was 45 and married to another woman.  Their love story was kept hidden at first but
Picasso secretly included her in his paintings:  perhaps in the form of a guitar waiting to be played or by placing her initials across his own. Her voluptuous body is said to have inspired many of his other paintings and sculptures.  Picasso had two wives and many mistresses but some say that Marie was the greatest love of his life.   The painting was snapped up by a collector.
Do you like Picasso’s paintings?  How much would you pay for one?