April 1956. Brigitte Bardot takes time out from the Cannes Film Festival to visit Pablo Picasso in Vallauris. In the sunny garden outside his studio, Picasso, one of the 20th century’s great womanisers (and artists), is mesmerised – not only by his visitor’s beauty but also by her ponytail. He has quite a thing for ponytails – doesn’t this remind you of his painting of Sylvette? For more about the encounter and its emotional undercurrents, see The artist and the sex kitten. Photo by Jérome Briere.
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