Ten women who left their mark on Picasso's life. The book outlines the lives of ten women in the life of Spanish artist Pablo Picasso : his mother, María, and sister Lola ; the art collector Gertrude Stein ; his two wives, Olga Khokhlova and Jacqueline Roque ; the artists Dora Maar and Françoise Gilot ; and his companions Marie-Therese Walter, Eva Gouel, and Fernande Olivier. While the assumption is that each new woman in his life prompted Picasso to adopt a new style, this lavishly illustrated work broadens the purview of the discussion to include the lives and works of the women themselves, far beyond the years each spent at Picasso's side.