Sylvette David by Picasso
I lived in the small town of Vallauris near Cannes. My English boyfriend, the painter and sculptor Toby Jellinek, had a workshop near Picasso’s studio and we had friends who had a pottery opposite it. We used to sit on its roof, chatting, like you do when you’re young, so Picasso would certainly have seen me around.
The first time we spoke was after he bought some armchairs from Toby. We carried them to his house, where Picasso lived with Francoise Gilot [mother of two of his children]. […]
And so I became “The Girl with the Ponytail”. That summer, Picasso created dozens of images of me. I was very shy and in awe, so didn’t ask him any questions. We didn’t talk. He would watch me, with his very dark, beautiful deep eyes. You could see his soul through his eyes. It made me feel special. It also gave me confidence in myself and was a step to getting stronger, because before that I was terrified of everything.
I went from being a shy, blonde teenager to Picasso’s The Girl with the Ponytail By Lydia Corbett 26 Jul 2011
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