TITLE OF WORK: Fanny and Therese Elssler in the Campagna costume, on their first appearance in the Milan Scala in 1841
TYPE OF WORK: Painting, oil on canvas
DATE: 1841
DIMENSIONS: 138 x 100.5 cm
COMMENTS: Signed and dated 1841. Fany and Therese Elssler in Italian Campagna costumes, on the occasion of their first performance at La Scala in Milan, 1841.
LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Austria, Italy, Milan, Milano
TITLE OF WORK: The tarantella, view taken from the ancient convent of the Capucins, Amalfi, Kingdom of Naples (La tarantelle, vue prise de l'Ancien Couvent des Capucins d'Amalfi, Royaume de Naples)
TYPE OF WORK: Painting, oil on canvas
DATE: 1857
DIMENSIONS: 72.5 x 105.5 cm
COMMENTS: Signed and dated "Aligny 1857" at lower left
LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Italy, Naples, Napoli, Amalfi, France
COMMENTS: Decorated lid of a bier mug from Austria. The custom is known as Gsanglaufgeben in Steiermark, Schnodahaggen in Tirol, Schnoderhüpfeln in Bavaria. The dancer sang an improvised couplet to the musician
TITLE OF WORK: Costume design for the ballet "Le tricorne". A Lady
TYPE OF WORK: Watercolor on paper
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
TITLE OF WORK: A regular of the Opera - Behind the scenes - A victim of William Tell (Un habitué de l'Opéra - Dans la coulisse - Une victime de Guillaume Tell)
COMMENTS: Magazine "Comoedia Illustré". Tamara Karsavina danced with the "Ballets Russes" the ballet "Pulcinella". Here she is dressed by "Madeleine et Madeleine".
TITLE OF WORK: Décor design for the ballet "Renacuajo paseador"
TYPE OF WORK: Painting
DATE: 1940
COMMENTS: From the performance given in Mexico at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in 1940; music by Silvestre Revueltas; sets and costumes by Carlos Mérida.
TITLE OF WORK: Costume design for the choreodrama "Persephone": Persephone (danced by Svetlana Berioshova)
TYPE OF WORK: Painting
DATE: 1961
COMMENTS: "Persephone", dance-drama staged at Covent-Garden, London, in 1961. Story by Adré Gide, music by Igor Starvinsky, choreography by Frederick Ashton; sets, costumes and jewellery designed by Nikos Hadji
TITLE OF WORK: Costume design for the ballet "Istar": Istar (danced by Ida Rubinstein)
TYPE OF WORK: Watercolor, charcoal, silverpaint and goldpaint heightened with white gouache
DATE: 1924
DIMENSIONS: 48.2 x 31.4 cm
COMMENTS: "Istar", ballet Produced by Ida Rubinstein at the Opera, Paris on 10/07/1924. Music and scenario by Vincent d'Indy, choreography by Ida Rubinstein, costumes and decor by Leon Bakst. Bakst died before
