''Maya with Doll'' (''Maya à la poupée'') is an

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. Created in 1938, the ''New York Times'' described it as "a colorful

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portrait of Picasso’s daughter (

Maya Widmaier-Picasso María de la Concepción "Maya" Widmaier-Picasso (5 September 1935 20 December 2022), later known as Maya Ruiz-Picasso, was the eldest daughter of Spanish painter Pablo Picasso and Marie-Thérèse Walter. She devoted part of her life to the study ...

) as a child clutching a doll."

2007 theft and recovery

On February 28, 2007, the painting was one of two stolen from the home of Picasso's granddaughter Diana Widmaier-Picasso. The other was a 1961 painting of his second wife, titled ''

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''. On August 7, 2007, French officials announced that the painting had been recovered, along with the other stolen painting, ''Jacqueline''. The paintings were found in

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and the thieves, who were known to the police for previous cases of

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, were arrested.

References

External links

Pablo Picasso, ''Maya à la poupée''
Navigart Collection Database

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