TITLE OF WORK: Costume design for the ballet "Soleil de nuit" (Midnight sun): A Woman
TYPE OF WORK: Watercolor, aluninium foil and collage on paper
DATE: 1915
COMMENTS: "Soleil de nuit", ballet in one act created by the Ballets Russes in Paris. Music from the opera "Snegourotchka" by Rimsky-Korsakov, choreography by L. Massine, décors and costumes by M. Larionov
TITLE OF WORK: Sultana Sylph in the Daughter of the Storm (Sultane Sylphe à la Fille de l'Orage)
TYPE OF WORK: Print
DATE: 1845
DATE DETAILS: approx.
COMMENTS: Dessert designed and confectioned by balletomane Alexis Soyer, chef at London's Reform Club. Cherry or strawberry ice-cream decorated with fresh fruit and spun sugar and surmounted by a silver figure
TITLE OF WORK: Figure sketch for the ballet "Le fils prodigue": Woman
TYPE OF WORK: Painting, ink, pastel and gouache on paper
DATE: 1929
COMMENTS: "Le fils prodigue", ballet in three scenes by the Ballets Russes. First performance by the Diaghilev Ballet at the Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt, Paris, on 20/05/1929. Music by Serge Prokofiev, choreography
TITLE OF WORK: "Three nifty nats", from "On with the dance", by Gluck, an exhibition of whose works is being held at the Fine Arts Society, Bond Street
TITLE OF WORK: Costume design for the ballet "La tragédie de Salomé": Salome
TYPE OF WORK: Watercolor on paper
DATE: 1913
COMMENTS: "La tragédie de Salomé", ballet in one act, first presented in Paris by the Ballets Russes; music by F. Schmitt, choreography by B. Romanov; décors and costumes by S. Soudeikin.
TITLE OF WORK: Curtain design for the ballet "Le tricorne"
TYPE OF WORK: Painting, oil on canvas
DATE: 1919
COMMENTS: "Le tricorne", ballet in one act by the Ballets Russes, in Paris. Music by M. de Falla, composed for the pantomime by Martinez-Sierra. Scenario by Serge Diaghilev after the play "Le tricorne" by Alarc
