It is a painting with a colourful history - a portrait of Pablo Picasso’s mistress, sold for a record £102 million, but only after a Las Vegas hotel mogul accidentally put his elbow through it.

Next year fans will be able to view Le Rêve (The Dream) up close as it will go on display in Britain for the first time as part of a blockbuster Picasso exhibition at Tate Modern in London.

Set to draw in thousands of people a day, it will display work from a time when Picasso, who is widely acknowledged to be the most important artist of the 20th Century, was at the height of his powers.