A young art student, Sylvette David, was chosen by Pablo Picasso as model in 1954. for a series of paintings and drawings. With her fiancée Toby Jellinek. Vallauris 1954. - Photo by Edward Quinn

A young art student, Sylvette David, was chosen by Pablo Picasso as model in 1954. for a series of paintings and drawings. With her fiancée Toby Jellinek. Vallauris 1954.

In a Vallauris café, Sylvette David sits with her fiancé, Toby Jellinek. In 1954, the young art student was chosen by Pablo Picasso as a model for a significant series of works. Seen in profile with her characteristic high ponytail, David and Jellinek are captured in a candid moment, their gazes directed downwards as a waitress leans over their cluttered table.


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