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 1954, the year Pablo Picasso chose her as a model, young art student Sylvette David sits at a table in Vallauris. This photograph was taken during a visit with her fiancée, Toby Jellinek. With her blonde hair in a high ponytail, she looks down with gentle focus at a collection of small figurines, holding a slender carved piece while other white, animal-like statuettes are arranged before her.


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Keywords:

Ceramics

Filename:

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