1932: the year Picasso reinvented himself — and revealed his secret muse. After three decades of creative output, the artist held his first career-spanning retrospective at Galerie Georges Petit in Paris. Among the most significant works on view was 'La Lecture', an adoring portrait of Picasso's new muse and lover, Marie-Thérèse Walter. The soft pastel tones of Marie-Therese's face and body are set against a richly textured black backdrop. Her downcast eyes resemble crescent moons, her mind abso