The images above reflect dry points Picasso made of Dora Mar, in 1936 (left) and 1937 (right), as they appeared in the Met's 1997 Picasso and Portraiture exhibit. They were drawn for this site with ball pen on 11 October (left) and 16 September. Tired of exclusively relating to Maria Thresa Walter by 1936, Picasso took up with Dora without entirely leaving Maria Theresa, either. Which role he would play in Dora's life was probably still being decided at that point. She was only to sustain his interest into the early war years, then be replaced by a new "muse." What impresses one about these drypoints is how adept Picasso was in adopting a medium to his particular vision, here, a minimal number of strokes yield a clear, stong image.
