COMMENTS: Part of a series of Loïe Fuller statuettes, which the artist kept till his death. Only 4 or 5 copies were made of each. The sculptor invited the dancer to his studio where he sketched her in various p
TITLE OF WORK: The ball given in honor of the first cruise of the "Friends of the cruises" on board the "Paris", in the Feasts' Hall with a luminous floor
TITLE OF WORK: Composition for the ballet "Le bal des blanchisseuses"
TYPE OF WORK: Painting, gouache
DATE: 1946
COMMENTS: "Le bal des blanchisseuses", theme by Boris Kochno, music by Vernon Duke, sets and costumes by Stanislao Lepri, choreography by Roland Petit; Les Ballets des Champs-Elysées, 1947.
ARTIST: Alexander Nikolaevich Benois (Russia, 1870-1960)
TITLE OF WORK: Costume design for the ballet "Le festin": Mazurka Dancer
TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, China ink, pen, watercolor, blanc de céruse and wash on paper
DATE: 1909
COMMENTS: "Le festin", dance suite on music by various Russian composers; choreography by M. Petipa, A. Gorsky, M. Fokine etc. Décors by C. Korovine from the first act of the opera "Rousslan and Loudmilla" in t
TITLE OF WORK: Men dancing. Attic red-figure kylix vase
TYPE OF WORK: Painting on pottery, red-figured kylix vase
DATE: -435
DATE DETAILS: BC approx.
DIMENSIONS: 11.4 x 27.3 cm diam.
COMMENTS: Two scenes. Pottery: red-figured kylix. Interior: Within a circle consisting of sets of four maeanders separated by red cross squares, Theseus (?) with the bull of Marathon. The bull springs to right,
LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Ancient, Greece, Attica, Athens
COMMENTS: Plate no. 43 of the series "Bon genre", published by Pierre de la Mesangère, Paris 1801-1817. The six figures of the French quadrille were to be danced in the following order: Le Pantalon, L'Eté, La P