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The cover of this program book for the 1919-1920 Ballets Russes production of 'Le Tricorne' shows two of Picasso's (Spanish, 1881-1973) costume designs. Fair use of a low-resolution image to show the particular artistic technique Picasso used in creating art for 'Le Tricorne.' Image obtained through Wikipedia, original source: National Gallery of Australia.

Judge: For now, Picasso work to remain at NYC’s Four Seasons

Catherine Saunders-Watson
Catherine Saunders-Watson
The cover of this program book for the 1919-1920 Ballets Russes production of 'Le Tricorne' shows two of Picasso's (Spanish, 1881-1973) costume designs. Fair use of a low-resolution image to show the particular artistic technique Picasso used in creating art for 'Le Tricorne.' Image obtained through Wikipedia, original source: National Gallery of Australia.
The cover of this program book for the 1919-1920 Ballets Russes production of ‘Le Tricorne’ shows two of Picasso’s (Spanish, 1881-1973) costume designs. Fair use of a low-resolution image to show the particular artistic technique Picasso used in creating art for ‘Le Tricorne.’ Image obtained through Wikipedia, original source: National Gallery of Australia.

NEW YORK (AP) – A conservation group has won a temporary injunction to keep a Picasso painting on the wall of the famed New York City restaurant The Four Seasons.

A state Supreme Court judge in Manhattan ruled Friday that the restaurant’s owners and landlord can’t remove the unframed 1919 ballet stage curtain called “Le Tricorne” on Sunday.

Instead, the judge ordered the parties back to court next month.

The New York Landmark Conservancy owns the painting. Landlord RFR Holding Corp. has said the wall where the painting is hanging is threatened by a leaking pipe and shifting tiles.

The conservancy disputes those claims.

Conservancy President Peg Breen has said the city should preserve the $1.6 million piece by granting it landmark status.

The rest of the restaurant was granted landmark status in 1989.

Click to view an image of the stage curtain on the Four Seasons Restaurant’s website:

http://www.fourseasonsrestaurant.com/art.php

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