TITLE OF WORK: Costume design for the ballet "Midas"
TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, pencil, watercolor and China ink on paper
DATE: 1914
COMMENTS: "Midas", ballet in one act by the Ballets Russes, Paris. Music by M. Steinberg, argument by L. Bakst, choreography by M. Fokine, décors and costumes by M. Doboujinsky.
LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Antiquity, Russia, France, Paris,
TITLE OF WORK: Celebration of New Year's Eve by the negroes, in a residence of the colonies (Célébration du jour de l'an par les nègres, dans une habitation des colonies)
TYPE OF WORK: Print, woodcut
DATE: 1858
DIMENSIONS: 17.2 x 32.2 cm
COMMENTS: The scene takes place in Suriname. They dance the "bagna"; this dance lasts generally for eight days, starting at 8 hours in the morning till noon and from 4 o'clock in the afternoon till midnight. Th
LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Dutch Guyana, Suriname, Holland, Guianas, France
TITLE OF WORK: Costume design for "Kikimora", a part of the ballet "Russian tales"
TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, pencil and colors on paper and carton
DATE: 1916
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
TITLE OF WORK: A ball given at the ministry of state by count Walewski. The skaters' quadrille (Bal donné au ministère d'Etat par M. le comte Walewski. Le quadrille des patineurs)
