TITLE OF WORK: Carlotta Grisi as Paquita, Lucien Petipa as Lucien d'Hervilly and Georges Elie as Inigo in the ballet "Paquita"
TYPE OF WORK: Print
DATE: 1846
COMMENTS: "Paquita", ballet-pantomime in two acts by Paul Foucher and Mazillier, music by Mr. Delvedez, presented for the first time on 01/04/1846 at the Theater of the Royal Academy of Music (Opéra), Paris
TITLE OF WORK: Frieze of six dancing women. Calyx krater vase
TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, relief, krater vase, marble
DATE: -5
DATE DETAILS: BC approx.
DIMENSIONS: 52 x 69 cm
COMMENTS: Dated from 25 BC to 25 AD. A frieze of six dancing women encircles the body of this krater (mixing vessel). Two have musical instruments: double pipes and castanets. Ecstatic poses, swirling drapery,
ARTIST: Leon Bakst (Russia, 1866-1924) (after Jean Cocteau)
TITLE OF WORK: Costume design for the "Cancan Grand-Mondain": Caryatide
TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, colored
DATE: 1920
COMMENTS: Satie wrote the musical score for "Cancan Grand-Mondain" for the excentric dancer Caryatide, future Elise Jouhandeau. Élisabeth Toulemont, known as Caryathis or Elyse, former mistress of Charles Dulli
TITLE OF WORK: Costumed ball by the Archduke Heir of Oldenburg in the European Stock Market Hall at Leipzig (Der Costümball des Erbgrossherzogs von Oldenburg in der Europäischen Börsenhalle zu Leipzig)
TITLE OF WORK: Costume design for the ballet "Les fâcheux": A Woman
TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, pencil and watercolor on paper
DATE: 1924
COMMENTS: "Les fâcheux", ballet in one act by the Ballets Russes, Paris, 1924. Music by G. Auric; story by B. Kochno, from the comedy-ballet of Molière; choreography by B. Nijinska; décors and costumes by Georg
ARTIST: Frédéric de Haenen (Netherlads, 1853-1928) (drawing); Dick (sketch)
TITLE OF WORK: The crowning festivities. Popular feast at Kodinskoie Pole (Les fêtes du couronnement. La fête populaire à Kodinsko?e-Polé). Detail
TYPE OF WORK: Print
DATE: 1883
DIMENSIONS: 31 x 45.5 cm
COMMENTS: Kodinskoie Pole is situated two kilometers from the TwerskaIa barrier, opposite the Petrowsky castle, along the route from Moscow to Saint Petersburg. 428.000 persons took part in the feast.
TITLE OF WORK: Corinthian terracotta doll of a female dancer
TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, statuette, terracotta
DATE: -480
DATE DETAILS: BC approx.
DIMENSIONS: 7.5 x 2.6 cm
COMMENTS: Made in Corinth, found at Naukratis, Egypt. Head and body section only of a mould-made doll. Dancer wears polos and a short chiton, peculiar to dancers and young girls of that period. The missing arms
TITLE OF WORK: Costume design for the opera "La Khovantchina": André Khovansky and Marfa
TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, gouache on paper
DATE: 1913
COMMENTS: "The Khovantchina", opera in 5 acts and 6 scenes; argument by M. Moussorgsky, direction by A. Sanine, choreography by A. Bolm; décors and costumes by F. Fedorovsky
ARTIST: Daniel Vierge (Spain, 1851-1904) (drawing)
TITLE OF WORK: Episodes of the siege of Carthage. Christmas night under fire from the besieged (Episodes du siège de Carthage. La nuit de Noël sous le feu des assiégés)
