Gagosian Paris  October 19 - December 22, 2017   Gagosian is presenting   “Picasso and Maya: Father and Daughter,” the first exhibition dedicated  to the artist’s diverse portrayals of his eldest daughter, Maya. Pablo Picasso,  Portrait de Maya de profil ,  1943, graphite, chalk, and pastel on vellum paper from spiral notebook,  14 5/8 × 12 1/4 inches (37 × 31 cm) © Succession Picasso 201 María de la Concepción, known as Maya, was born on September 5, 1935.  During the first ten years of her life she was a constant subject in  her father’s drawings and paintings, who observed with fascination and  tenderness her physical and mental development. Her mother,  Marie-Thérèse Walter, was the artist’s most iconic model. After meeting  in 1927 at the Galeries Lafayette in Paris, Picasso and Marie-Thérèse  began a long-lasting love affair, resulting in Picasso’s first daughter  Maya. Following Maya’s birth, Picasso chronicled intimate details of  their private life together en fa...