Two large-format colorful ink and gouache costume designs, each of four separate characters, by the popular artist of the Spanish School of Paris.  Signed and inscribed in pencil: "Maquettes pour des personnages du ballet Le Tricorne à l'Opera Comique de Paris / Pedro Flores 1949"; "Maquettes pour des personnages du ballet Le Chevalier Errant à l'Opera de Paris / Pedro Flores 1950." Overall toning, small stains along longer edge or corners, unexamined out of frames. Frames in worn condition. Sight: 18 x 21 inches; framed to overall 27 x 31 inches.  Reference: Terrier Agnès, Rizzoni Nathalie, Legrand Raphaëlle, et al. L'Opéra Comique et ses trésors. Lyon : Fage Editions, 2015, (p. 135)

Well known as a midcentury costume and set designer, some of Flores's work can be seen in the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid, National Museum of Prague, Buenos Aires Museum of Modern Art, among others.

The Three-Cornered Hat (Spanish: El sombrero de tres picos or Le tricorne) is a 1919 ballet originally choreographed by Léonide Massine to music by Manuel de Falla. In addition to its Spanish setting, this ballet also employs the techniques of Spanish dance (adapted and somewhat simplified) instead of classical ballet. The 1949 Paris Opera Ballet production was choreographed by  Espanita Cortez and directed by Jean-Jacques Etchevery. The curtain, sets and costumes were designed by Pedro Florès and produced by maison Karinska and H. et A. Mathieu.