Picasso's companion of the years 1943-1953 died Tuesday in New York at the age of 101. For the painter she was "the flower woman", For feminists, "the one who said no" Summer 1948, a beach on the Côte d'Azur.
She radiates while the master, just behind, keeps her in the shadow of a parasol, sheltering her, certainly, but like the sultan's favorite. For now it's just a game. It will soon turn sour.