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ARTIST: Marcel Vertès (Hungary, 1895-1961)

TITLE OF WORK: Décor design for the ballet "La belle Helène" (Helen of Troy)

TYPE OF WORK: Painting

DATE: 1955

COMMENTS: Ballet created at the Opéra de Paris on 06/04/1955; choreography by John Cranko, music by Offenbach; with Yvette Chauviré, Claude Bessy, Michel Renault, Max Bozzoni.

LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France

DANCE FORM: classical ballet

KEYWORDS: scenery