TITLE OF WORK: Harvest-home at Bywell, Northumberland
TYPE OF WORK: Print, woodcut
DATE: 1865
DIMENSIONS: 14.9 x 23.8 cm
COMMENTS: Bywell is about 12 miles from Newcastle. The village holds a festival to accompany thanksgiving service in the parish church on the completion of harvest.
TITLE OF WORK: Stater coin of Abdera showing young Kalathiskos dancer
TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, relief, silver coin
DATE: -400
DATE DETAILS: BC approx.
DIMENSIONS: 2.8 cm diam.
COMMENTS: 411/410 to 386/385 BC. The young female dancer in short chiton pirouettes on the tips of her toes. This is a typical Laconian (i.e. from Sparta) dance movement (Karyatizein) performed by the Karyatid
TITLE OF WORK: The "Nymphs' dance in the forest" (La "Danse des nymphes dans la forêt")
TYPE OF WORK: Print
DATE: 1906
DIMENSIONS: 11.3 x 16 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 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: Satyr dancing on tiptoe hitting a tambourine. Orange-colored gem
TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, relief, gem
DATE: -140
DATE DETAILS: BC approx.
DIMENSIONS: 1.86 x 0.67 cm
COMMENTS: Italisch. Karneol, orangefarben, durchscheinend. Mit modernem Goldbügel. Länglicher Quader mit Darstellungen auf vier Seiten:rnSeite A: Büstenherme des bekränzten Herakles in Vorderansicht.rnSeite B:
TITLE OF WORK: Costume design for the ballet "La balada del pàjaro y las doncellas"
TYPE OF WORK: Painting
DATE: 1947
COMMENTS: For the performance at the Palacio de Bellas Artes, in Mexico City, in 1947. Choreography by Ana Mérida, music by Carlos Jiménez Mabarak; sets and costumes by Juan Soriano
TITLE OF WORK: A view of the interior of the Musico called "le Pyl" in the Pylsteeg in Amsterdam (Vue de l'intérieur du Musico nommé le Pyl dans le Pysteeg à Amsterdam)
TYPE OF WORK: Print, aquatint
DATE: 1815
DATE DETAILS: approx.
DIMENSIONS: 15.4 x 18.9 cm
COMMENTS: The dance hall at Pijlsteeg Street 29 was functioning from 1810 to 1860 as dance-café or brothel. The four young ladies in the middle dance a contredance to entertain the sitting gentlemen, while a ol
TITLE OF WORK: Costume design for "Kikimora", a part of the ballet "Russian tales": The Cat
TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, pencil and colors on paper
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: Illustration for the ballet "La nuit"
TYPE OF WORK: Drawing
DATE: 1949
COMMENTS: "La nuit", ballet of Boris Kochno; music by Henri Sauguet, sets and costumes by Christian Bérard, choréography by Janine Charrat; Les Ballets des Champs-Elysées, 1949.
