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ARTIST: Mikhail Fyodorovich Larionov (Russia, 1881-1964)

TITLE OF WORK: Bronislava Nijinska directing a rehearsal in Monte-Carlo

TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, pen and China ink

DATE: 1949

DIMENSIONS: 31 x 19.5 cm

COMMENTS: The first dancer in front, hands raised, is André Eglevsky (1917 Moscow - ?). He danced with the "Ballets de Monte-Carlo" since 1932 and was étoile of the "Grand Ballet du Marquis de Cuevas" 1946-1950

LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France, Russia

DANCE FORM: classical ballet