TITLE OF WORK: "Hoping much from the varied excitement of the cotillon, we next took him to a dance; but when a beautiful girl threw down an orange with the object of taking as a partner the successful scrambler...
TYPE OF WORK: Print, color
DATE: 1882
DIMENSIONS: 17 x 26.5 cm
COMMENTS: ...after the golden fruit, he only gaped.
ARTIST: Emmanuele Scotto (Italy, 1756-1826) (drawing); Luigi Rados (engraving)
TITLE OF WORK: Giovanni Coralli, first dancer of the Royal Scala Theater, at the service of H.M. the King of Italy (Giovanni Coralli, primo ballerino al Realo Teatro della Scala, al servizio di S.M. il Re d'Italia)
TITLE OF WORK: The Light Gavotte dance (Gavotte legère)
TYPE OF WORK: Print, woodcut
DATE: 1897
DIMENSIONS: 11.6 x 6.8 cm
COMMENTS: From a performance of historical dances by Mlle Sandrini of the Paris Opéra; choreography by Laure Fonta, lecture by Professor Bourgault-Ducoudray
TITLE OF WORK: "Sapho", an opera by Mr. Emile Augier, music by Mr. Charles Gounod. Act 3, the ballet ("Sapho", opéra de M. Emile Augier, musique de M. Charles Gounod. Acte III, le ballet)
TITLE OF WORK: Décor design for "The Archer's nest" in the opera "The Khovantchina"
TYPE OF WORK: Painting, gouache on carton
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: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (Germany, 1880-1938)
TITLE OF WORK: Akt mit schwartzen Hut (Nude with black hat)
TYPE OF WORK: Print, woodcut
DATE: 1912
DIMENSIONS: 65.8 x 21.5 cm
COMMENTS: The dancer Nina Hart visited the artist in his Haus in den Lärchen" in Davos and posed for a photograph, after which several works were made.
TITLE OF WORK: Costume design for the ballet "Romeo and Juliette"
TYPE OF WORK: Painting
DATE: 1957
COMMENTS: For the performance at the Palacio de Bellas Artes of Mexico City, 1957. "Ensayo (Romeo y Julieta)" by Serge Unger, music by Gluck and Rameau Motl, sets and costumes by Xavier Lavalle; Ballet Conciert
TITLE OF WORK: King Bahram and the Princess of the Slavs
TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, manuscript illumination, miniature
DATE: 1650
COMMENTS: The Pavillion of the Seven Princesses (Haft Peykar) was written on 1197 by Nezami. It relates the story of king Bahram, who had built seven pavillions, one for each princess of a different region of t
LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Persia, Ispahan, Iran, Slav
