Pablo Picasso Spanish, worked in France, 1881–1973 · 1954

Portrait of Sylvette David

Pablo Picasso Spanish, worked in France, 1881–1973

Portrait of Sylvette David

1954

Pablo Picasso's 'Portrait of Sylvette David' (1954) is one of a large series Picasso made of the 19-year-old Sylvette David in the south of France. Her long blond ponytail and geometric profile — half Cubist, half 'pop' — are drawn in a stark graphic idiom. Oil on canvas, Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibition Venue

Image source: Art Institute of Chicago