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Sylvette is the title of the portrait of a young woman with the pony tail painted by Pablo Picasso. The model for the painting was (Lydia) Sylvette David also known by her married name Lydia Corbett a French woman who worked in a pottery studio near Picasso’s studio in Vallauris in the summer of 1953. Finding her appearance appealing Picasso created 40 works inspired by her. Sylvette’s portrait from 2 May 1954 is one of the last of a long series.
