TITLE OF WORK: The "Tortillado" danced by Miss Allems (Réséda) and Mr. Barally (Tanvala Cruchalo) (Le "Tortillado" dansé par Mlle Allems (Réséda) et M. Barally (Tanvala Cruchalo))
ARTIST: Paul Gavarni or Guillaume Sulpice Chevalier (France, 1804-1866)
TITLE OF WORK: The elegant people - the country dance - the waltz in two times - the polka (Le monde élégant - Les bals. La contredanse - La valse à deux temps - La polka)
TITLE OF WORK: Curtain design for the ballet "Le train bleu": La course (The race)
TYPE OF WORK: Painting, gouache on wood
DATE: 1922
COMMENTS: "Le train bleu", ballet in one act by the Ballets Russes. Music by D. Milhaud, story by Jean Cocteau, choreography by B. Nijinska, decors by H. Laurens, cccurtain by Pablo Picasso, costumes by Coco Ch
TITLE OF WORK: At Madrid, then the hub of neutral gossip, Mata went to the German naval and military attachés and gave them her list of six French agents (Mata Hari)
TYPE OF WORK: Print
DATE: 1928
DIMENSIONS: 9 x 10.7 cm
COMMENTS: Illustration for the article "Mata Hari, the "ping-pong" spy, by Ferdinand Tuohy
TITLE OF WORK: Don Quixote in Barcelona dancing at the ball given to his honor by Don Antonio (Dom Quichotte estant à Barcelonne danse au bal que luy donne Don Antonio)
TITLE OF WORK: "Oh, the little sheep", a review of the year 1857. Scene of the grave harvest, act 2 ("Ohé lès p'tits agneaux", revue de l'année 1857. Tableau de la vendange, 2e acte)
COMMENTS: John Peter Bologna (1775-1846) as Harlequin disguised as a St. Giles street girl and Joseph Grimaldi (1779-1837) as Clown in "Harlequin and Mother Goose" or "The Golden Egg". This dance was a parody o
COMMENTS: Inspired by Isadora Duncan. This work was part of the exhibition "Isadora Duncan" in the Musée d'Art Moderne de Troyes; conservateur Philippe Chabert.
TITLE OF WORK: Terracotta kylix: Komast cup (drinking cup)
TYPE OF WORK: Painting, terracotta black-figure vase
DATE: -575
DATE DETAILS: BC approx.
DIMENSIONS: 9.5 cm height; 21 cm diameter
COMMENTS: The black-figure technique was introduced into Athens from Corinth at the end of the seventh century B.C. During the early sixth century, Attic cup painters favored Corinthian motifs, like these danci
TITLE OF WORK: Costume design for the ballet "Suzanna and the Barber": Suzanna and Figaro, danced by Ruth Page and Bentley Stone
TYPE OF WORK: Painting, gouache, watercolor and pencil on paper
DATE: 1956
DIMENSIONS: 54.9 x 36.8 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
ARTIST: Yellow Nose or Little Face (U.S.A., 1848-1910)
TITLE OF WORK: The Ghost Dance of the Plains Indians
TYPE OF WORK: Painting, buckskin
DATE: 1891
COMMENTS: Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians form a circle. Within the circle some Indians stand with their arms upraised in trance or hold symbols of the cult.
