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

Sylvette David, a young art student chosen by Pablo Picasso as a model, is pictured in Vallauris, 1954. With her blonde hair in a high ponytail, she wears a dark top, a gingham skirt, and a choker necklace. Seated indoors, she looks at the camera while holding a sketchbook open to a pencil portrait of a woman with a similar hairstyle. On the patterned surface before her is an ashtray and another drawing of a stylized animal.


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  • "Sylvette", 1954. Grunenberg:25
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