Installing the Le Train Bleu backdrop
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A time-lapse view of the two week long process of erecting Picasso' s giant backdrop for ' Le Train Bleu' in the V& A Exhibition Gallery with the help of a scaffolding tower, five riggers pulling it up and ten museum staff unrolling it.
The backdrop for the 1924 Ballets Russes production of ' Le Train Bleu' measures 10.4 m x 11.7 m. Signed by Picasso, it is the centrepiece of the exhibition.
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