TITLE OF WORK: Costume design for the ballet "Le chant du rossignol": A Chinese Man
TYPE OF WORK: Painting, collage
DATE: 1919
COMMENTS: "Le chant du rossignol", ballet in one act by the Ballets Russes. Music from the opera "Le rossignol" by Igor Stravinsky; choreography by L. Massine, scenery and costumes by Henri Matisse.
ARTIST: Franz Hermann; Hans Gemminger; Valentin Mueller
TITLE OF WORK: A scene from a Turkish Harem
TYPE OF WORK: Painting, oil on canvas
DATE: 1654
DIMENSIONS: 130 x 193.5 cm
COMMENTS: The inscription reads: "Because it is not the custom for distinguished Turkish ladies to leave the house or to meet foreigners, they invite each other to their houses and entertain themselves with dan
ARTIST: Anton Ignaz Melling (Germany, 1763-1831) (drawing)
TITLE OF WORK: View from Kadi-Kieuï, a village situated on the site of the ancient town of Chalcidon (Vue de Kadi-Kieuo, village situé sur l'emplacement de l'ancienne ville de Chalcédoine, vis-à-vis Constantinople)
TYPE OF WORK: Print, engraving, copper
DATE: 1819
DIMENSIONS: 39.5 x 67.5 cm
LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Greece, Turkey, Istanbul, Constantinople
TITLE OF WORK: Principal face of a marble sarcophagus, serving as tub for a fountain in the town of Mistra (Face principale d'un sarcophage de marbre, servant de vasque à une fontaine de la ville de Mistra)
TYPE OF WORK: Print, from a marble relief sculpture
DATE: -200
DATE DETAILS: BC approx.
LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Ancient, Greece, Peloponnese, Mystra
TITLE OF WORK: Décor design for the ballet "Pulcinella"
TYPE OF WORK: Watercolor on paper
DATE: 1920
COMMENTS: "Pulcinella", ballet with songs in one scene, by the Ballets Russes. Music by Pergolese arranged by Igor Stravisnky, story by S. Diaghilev after a manuscript dated 1700 discovered by himself in Naples
ARTIST: Adrien Marie (France, 1848-1891) (drawing)
TITLE OF WORK: Miss Rita Sangali in the role of Yedda at the Opera (Mlle Rita Sangalli, dans le rôle de Yedda à l'Opéra)
TYPE OF WORK: Print
DATE: 1879
DIMENSIONS: 22.1 x 15.2 cm
COMMENTS: "Yedda", ballet in three acts, by Philippe Gille, Arnold Mortier and L. Mérante. Music by Olivier Métra; presented at the Théâtre de l'Opéra, Paris