TITLE OF WORK: Décor design for "Kikimora", a part of the ballet "Contes russes"
TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, pencil and watercolor on paper
DATE: 1915
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
COMMENTS: These statuettes became famous by artists like Diego Rivera who bought them in the chalk quarry of Tlatilco (now a suburb of Mexico City) where workers found them by the hundreds.
TITLE OF WORK: Woman's portrait. Rosita Mauri ? (Portrait de femme)
TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, pastel on velin paper, applied on carton
DATE: 1887
DIMENSIONS: 50 x 50 cm
COMMENTS: The woman could be Mlle Salle or Mlle Sanlaville. Another hypothesis proposes Rita Mauri, born in Milan in 1849, who danced at the Opéra until 1887. On the back of the carton, though, is written the n
TITLE OF WORK: Curtain design for the ballet "L'étrange farandole"
TYPE OF WORK: Painting
DATE: 1938
COMMENTS: First performed at the théâtre de Monte-Carlo on 11/05/1939 as "Rouge et noir", then at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, on 28/10/1939 as "L'étrange farandole"
TITLE OF WORK: Costume design for the ballet "Suzanna and the Barber": Man of the corps de ballet
TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, gouache and pencil on paper laid down on board
DATE: 1956
DIMENSIONS: 50.8 x 35.6 cm
COMMENTS: From the collection of Ruth Page. The ballet "Suzanna and the Barber" on music by Rossini arranged by Isaac Van Grove, choreography by Ruth Page and decors and costumes by Antoni Clavé, was first prod
TITLE OF WORK: Figure from a Cambodian ballet: "A king takes possession of the throne"
TYPE OF WORK: Print
DATE: 1906
DIMENSIONS: 12 x 10 cm
COMMENTS: Illustration for an article on the dancers of the king of Cambodia, by Gervais-Courtellemont; with photographs by Mr Sarceau, to be included in a book under preparation by Mr Martial Dupuy on Cambodia
TITLE OF WORK: Costume design for the ballet "La légende de Joseph": Putiphar
TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, pencil, watercolor and gold on paper
DATE: 1914
COMMENTS: "La légende de Joseph", ballet in one act by the Ballets Russes. Choreography by M. Fokine, music by R. Strauss, scenario by H. von Kessler and Hugo von Hoffmannssthal, scenery by J.-M. Sert, costumes
LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Orient, Russia, France, Paris,
