Original sentence: Dora Maar au Chat is one of Picasso’s most valued depictions of his lover and artistic companion.In addition to being a rare, three-quarter length portrait of Dora Maar, the present work is also a generous and painterly composition with an extraordinary attention to detail.Picasso fell in love with the 29-year old Maar at the age of 55 and soon began living with her.Picasso once likened Maar’s allure and temperament to that of an “Afghan cat”, and the cat in this picture is laden with significance.The artist used an extraordinarily vibrant palette in his rendering of the angles of the chair and the patterning of Maar’s dress.The faceted planes of her body and richly layered surface of brushstrokes impart a monumental and sculptural quality to this portrait.The luminous Dora Maar au Chat was painted in 1941, at the beginning of the Second World War in France
Edited sentence: Dora Maar au Chat is one of Picasso’s most spectacular depictions of his lover and artistic companion.In addition to being a rare, three-quarter length portrait of Dora Maar in an armchair, the present work is also a generous and painterly composition with an extraordinary attention to detail.Picasso fell in love with the 29-year old Dora Maar at the age of 55 and soon began living with her.Picasso once likened Dora Maar’s allure and temperament to that of an “Afghan cat”, and the cat in this picture is laden with significance.The artist has spared not one inch of the canvas from his brilliant artistic vision, using an extraordinarily vibrant palette in his rendering of the angles of the chair and the patterning of Maar’s dress.The faceted planes of her body and richly layered surface of brushstrokes impart a monumental and sculptural quality to this dazzling portrait.The luminous Dora Maar au Chat was painted in 1941, at the beginning of the Second World War in France and just as the couple’s affair was reaching its climax.The painting now ranks as one of the world's most expensive paintings.This is a thrilling painting to view