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Picasso was a prolific artist, painting more than 50,000 artworks in his lifetime.
His work was heavily influenced by his relationship with women.
The Muse is typical of a series of works he created in the 1930s during his affair with a young woman named Marie-Therese Walter.
Picasso bumped into Marie-Therese in the streets of Paris.
She was 17. He was 45 - and already married to Ukrainian ballerina Olga.
Picasso and Marie-Therese began a secrete relationship which led to a flourish of artistic creativity.
Picasso painted endless portraits of her.
They are bold, creative, cheerful, full of sun and happiness - and deeply erotic.