BENI MONTRESOR Cat Homage to Picasso

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Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000

BENI MONTRESOR. "Cat, Homage to Picasso."
Black paper collage created for a later production of the ballet "Omaggio a Picasso" first performed at La Scala. 368x521 mm; 14 1/2x20 1/2 inches, sheet, mounted to thick drawing paper; in lower right corner, above his signature and "New York 1986" is "Paulo Bortoluzzi / Omaggio a Picasso. Violenza" (as inscription to the work's director, Paulo Bortoluzzi); with an undated, unsigned autograph letter by Montresor to Bortoluzzi discussing his work (though not this particular piece). New York, 1986

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Likely a set or costume design for a new version of the ballet that the two had worked on earlier at La Scala, with music by Ragnar Grippe, design by Montresor, and choreography by Bortoluzzi. Montresor's design, playing on Picasso's geometric cubism, won the Massine award for costume.