Costume design for ballet "Tricorne" 1917

Here’s Picasso’s costume design for the ballet “Tricorne”, with confident strokes of gouache, watercolour and graphite on paper. Look at the way the light dances across the dancer's puffed sleeves and breeches. I wonder, was Picasso thinking about the movement of the fabric, the way it might billow and fold with each step? The quick strokes and the incomplete limbs make me think he was more interested in the essence of the costume rather than the details. I imagine him stepping back, squinting, adding a touch of red here, a stroke of blue there, letting the colours and shapes speak for themselves. Picasso, like all artists, was in conversation with his own work and the work of others. He was always experimenting, pushing the boundaries of what art could be. This costume design is a testament to his restless creativity, his willingness to try new things, and his deep love for the world of performance.