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Le Tricorne: Costume Designs for Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, Four Pochoir

Le Tricorne: Costume Designs for Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, Four Pochoir

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Le Tricorne: Costume Designs for Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, Four Pochoir

by Picasso, Pablo. (1881–1973) [Sergei Diaghilev]

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Paris: P. Rosenberg, 1920. Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Four pochoir from the edition of 250 examples. Sight of each 10 1/8 x 7 inches (25.7 x 17.8 cm); Framed to 11.5 x 14.5/15 inches (29.5 x 37/39 cm). Small tears to a few edges, one with small but significant pinhole and associated splitting, else apparently fine, unexamined out of frames.
Picasso's 'supreme theatrical achievement' (John Richardson).
Le Tricorne was commissioned by Diaghilev after a trip to Spain with the Ballets Russes in 1916 inspired him to create a new work which incorporated traditional Spanish folk dances. Through Stravinsky he met the young Spanish composer Manuel de Falla and also enlisted legendary flamenco dancer Felix Fernandez Garcia to assist Leonid Massine with the choreography. In 1917 Diaghilev and Massine went on a grand tour of Spain where de Falla and Felix introduced them to dancers and performances in Zaragoza, Toledo, Salamanca, Burgos, Sevilla, Córdoba, and Granada.

With the music and choreography in place and a successful London season giving him the financial means, Diaghilev instructed his favourite Spanish artist to produce the set and costume designs. Picasso moved to London in May 1919 to work on the project and produced some twenty different studies for stage sets, at least four for the drop and approximately 30 for costumes and decor. The drawings which were finally chosen for the ballet were reproduced in a limited edition suite, including 31 with pochoir coloring of which these are four examples.

Picasso's designs reflect his Spanish heritage and Cubist style, combining classical forms with the bold, bright colours distinctive to the experimental Ballets Russes. He relished the opportunity to weave the visual arts with performance, and what was initially an ephemeral set of sketches has become a significant part of his oeuvre.

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Title
Le Tricorne: Costume Designs for Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, Four Pochoir
Author
Picasso, Pablo. (1881–1973) [Sergei Diaghilev]
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Publisher
P. Rosenberg
Place of Publication
Paris
Date Published
1920

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