<Dd> For the painting of a similar title by Rembrandt or his studio, see The Weeping Woman (Rembrandt). </Dd> <P> The Weeping Woman is an oil on canvas painted by Pablo Picasso in France in 1937 . Picasso was intrigued with the subject, and revisited the theme numerous times that year . This painting, created on 26 October 1937, was the most elaborate of the series . Its dimensions are 60 х 49 cm, 23 5⁄8 х 19 1⁄4 inches . It has been in the collection of the Tate Modern in London since 1987, and is currently located there . </P> <P> Dora Maar was Picasso's mistress from 1936 until 1944 . In the course of their relationship, Picasso painted her in a number of guises, some realistic, some benign, others tortured or threatening . Picasso explained: </P> <P> "For me she's the weeping woman . For years I've painted her in tortured forms, not through sadism, and not with pleasure, either; just obeying a vision that forced itself on me . It was the deep reality, not the superficial one ." </P>

Les demoiselles d'avignon guernica dan the weeping woman