Ash Framed Limited Edition Giclée Print of Pablo Picasso's Portrait of Silvette

  
Beautiful Ash Framed Limited Edition (406/595) Giclée Print of Pablo Picasso's Portrait of Silvette. Printed On Finest Conservation Grade 315 GSM Hahnemuhle Etching Paper Using Specially Developed Archival Inks.

Comes with COA And Other Original Paperwork (see photos). Sylvette is an oil painting created by the famous Spanish artist Pablo Picasso in the summer of 1954. It is among a series of over 40 portraits completed over a 3 month period which feature the same muse. At just 19 years of age, Sylvette David inspired Picasso with her coquettish appearance and intriguing beauty. He made a particular feature in his work of her characteristic high pony-tail which has become an iconic element of these works.

Surprisingly, this was the first time that Picasso had successfully worked from a model and there is no doubt that she entered his life at a difficult time for the artist. In the previous year, aged 73, Picasso had been deeply saddened by the end of his marriage to Francoise Gilot with whom he had two children.

Shy, modest and youthful, Sylvette was, perhaps, the breath of fresh air that the artist needed at this unsettling time. It is likely that Picasso first spotted his muse as she walked to meet her boyfriend, a furniture designer whose workshop was close to Picasso's studio, in the small town of Vallauris in Southern France. However, it was not until Sylvette was drinking coffee with friends outside the pottery studios where she worked that Picasso approached her by holding up a portrait for her to see from his studio opposite. The image was, of course, a portrait of her, painted from memory.

Seeing this act as an invitation, she and her friends went round to Picasso's studio and this led to Sylvette posing regularly for the artist. However, unlike several of his muses, Sylvette resisted Picasso's charms and refused to pose nude for him. It was, perhaps, part of her shy resistance towards him that intrigued the artist and only served to compound his desire to immortalise her through works of art. In lovely condition with some marks to the ash wood frame and signs of wear commensurate with age. Please check photos as they are an integral part of the description.

Height of picture 41cm Diameter 34cm. All measurements are approximate not exact. Any questions or additional photos needed please don't hesitate to contact me. Im only able to consider offers of around 10% off. All packaging is re Used and biodegradable wherever possible.