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ARTIST: Isamu Noguchi (U.S.A., 1904-1988)

TITLE OF WORK: Decor design for the ballet "The bells": The dance of the Ghouls

TYPE OF WORK: Painting, gouache and pencil on thin board

DATE: 1946

DIMENSIONS: 40.3 x 27.9 cm

COMMENTS: From the collection of Ruth Page. The ballet "The bells" was first performed in Chicago on 26/04/1946. Choreography and libretto by Ruth Page based on a poem by Edgar Allan Poe, music by Darius Milhau

LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Japan, U.S.A.

DANCE FORM: classical ballet

KEYWORDS: scenery