PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) Sylvette dated ‘2.5.54.’ (on the reverse) oil on canvas 39 1⁄4 x 31 7⁄8 in. (99.8 x 81 cm.) Painted in Vallauris on 2 May 1954 Provenance The artist’s estate (no. 13281). Marina Picasso, Paris, by descent from the above. Chalette International, New York, by whom acquired from the above. Acquired from the above by the present owner on 1 June 1986. Literature C. Zervos, ‘Images de Picasso, Peintes cette année et exposées à la maison de la pensée française’, in Cahiers d’Art, vol. 1, 1954, p. 73 (illustrated; titled ‘Portrait de Mlle D.’). J.-P. Ollivier & F. Pagès, ‘Une jeune fille de dix-neuf ans inspire à Picasso son époque la plus souriante: l’époque Sylvette’, in Paris-Match, no. 281, Paris, 21 August 1954, p. 45 (illustrated). 'The Ponytail Period', in Life Magazine, vol. 37, no. 19, New York, 8 November 1954, p. 119 (illustrated). C. Zervos, Pablo Picasso, vol. 16, Oeuvres de 1953 à 1955, Paris, 1965, no. 292, n.p. (illustrated pl. 94). Exhib...