TITLE OF WORK: Miss Loïe Fuller and her transformations I: The Serpentine, The Basket, The Spanish Lady (Mlle Loïe Fuller et ses transformations I: La Serpentine, La Corbeille, L'Espagnole)
TITLE OF WORK: Sketch for the ballet "Le rendez-vous"
TYPE OF WORK: Drawing
DATE: 1945
COMMENTS: Ballet "Le rendez-vous", rideau de Picasso, argument de Jacques Prévert, musique de Kosma, décor de Brassai, costumes de Mayo, chorégraphie de Roland Petit; Les Ballets des Champs-Elysées, 1946.
ARTIST: Alexander Nikolaevich Benois (Russia, 1870-1960)
TITLE OF WORK: Costume design for Chinese Procession in the opera "Le rossignol" (The nightingale)
TYPE OF WORK: Watercolor on paper
DATE: 1914
COMMENTS: "Le rossignol", opera by the Balets Russes. Music by I. Stravinsky after a tale by Andersen; choreography by B. Romanov, scenery and costumes by A. Benois. In 1916 the opera was presented with scenery
LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Russia, France, Paris, China
COMMENTS: Stamped with signature and numbered in pencil. From "Caisse à remords", a series of 45 etchings and drypoints executed between 1919 and 1955. Picasso had met ballerina Olga Kokhlova while he was worki
TITLE OF WORK: Costume design for the ballet "Le tricorne": A Lady and A Gentleman
TYPE OF WORK: Watercolor on paper
DATE: 1919
COMMENTS: "Le tricorne", ballet in one act by the Ballets Russes, in Paris. Music by M. de Falla, composed for the pantomime by Martinez-Sierra. Scenario by Serge Diaghilev after the play "Le tricorne" by Alarc