Sylvette: Backcover for Verve, vol. 8, No. 29/30, 09/54. Signed and dedicated "pour mon ami Edward Quinn" 25.12.56. - Photo by Edward Quinn

Sylvette: Backcover for Verve, vol. 8, No. 29/30, 09/54. Signed and dedicated "pour mon ami Edward Quinn" 25.12.56.

The back cover for the September 1954 issue of the art review *Verve* (vol. 8, no. 29/30). The light blue hardcover features Picasso’s collage portrait of Sylvette, created from an off-white paper cutout decorated with simple markings. Below the profile, the word "VERVE" is handwritten in purple. This copy was personally dedicated by the artist, “pour mon ami Edward Quinn,” on December 25, 1956.


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  • Sylvette: Backcover for Verve, vol. 8, No. 29/30, 09/54. Signed and dedicated "pour mon ami Edward Quinn" 25.12.56. . Private collection.
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