In this building Pablo Picasso painted the backdrop for Diaghilev's production of Massine's ballet Le Tricorne. 1919
Picasso worked here for 2 months in the studio of the Diaghilev's set-painters, Vladimir and Elizabeth Polunin.
WC2, Floral Street, 51
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Picasso
Born Moscow. Ballet dancer and choreographer. Principle choreographer of Di...
Born Spain. Didn't like travelling, lived most of his live in France and died...
[Top plaque:}This stone was laid by Mrs Heywood Smith, for the glory of God a...
{On the front of the southern plinth:}The Dogs of Alcibiades, presented to th...
Tower of Church of Saint AugustineBuilt by the end of the 13th century.  ...
The plaque has been vandalised several times. The original one had to be repl...
