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

TITLE OF WORK: Curtain design for the ballet "Contes russes"

TYPE OF WORK: Watercolor on paper

DATE: 1917

COMMENTS: "Contes russes" (Russian tales), a suite of dances composed by four "choreographic miniatures", with an epilogue and an interlude, by the Ballets Russes in Paris. The dances were: Kikimora, Bova Korol

LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Russia, France

DANCE FORM: classical ballet

KEYWORDS: scenery