Pablo Picasso’s most celebrated series of etchings, "La Suite Vollard", comprises 100 etchings created by Picasso between 1930 and 1937. The etchings were made when Picasso was involved in a passionate affair with his muse and model, Marie-Thérèse Walter, whose classical features are a recurrent presence in the series. The predominant theme of the suite is the Sculptor’s Studio, which deals with Picasso’s engagement with classical sculpture. The Vollard Suite takes its name from Ambroise Vollard (1866-1939), who gave Picasso his first Paris exhibition in 1901. In exchange for some pictures, Picasso created for Vollard a group of 100 etchings. Vollard also gave the first solo shows for artists like Cezanne and Matisse in his Parisian gallery he created in 1893, where he also exhibited Degas, Rodin, Gauguin, and Van Gogh, among others. None of the etching in The Vollard Suite was numbered and only part of it was pencil signed. The paper bears the "Vollard" watermark.