a Lecture, or reading, is a work that was created by Picasso in January of 1932. It depicts his mistress, Marie-Therese Walter, who has fallen asleep, and has a book that is on her lap. The painting not only was a huge art work, it also led to the demise of Picasso’s marriage, after his wife saw the image, and realized that the painting was not of her face, but of another woman that he was depicting in the art work.