She was the model for some of Picasso’s best work – and she certainly had reason to weep. Louisa Treger tells the story of photographer Dora Maar, her influence on Picasso, and the role of Catholicism in her life.
13 June 2024, The Tablet
Picasso’s weeping woman
‘She needed something to crystallise on. It was a choice between the confessional and the straitjacket’
Self-Portrait, c.1935.
ALL PHOTOS: © DORA MAAR ESTATE
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