TITLE OF WORK: God Bes dancing. Relief on a Prolemaic terracotta kantharos vase
TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, relief, rerracotta kantharos vase
DATE: -100
DATE DETAILS: BC approx.
DIMENSIONS: 14.3 cm height
COMMENTS: Made in Egypt. Bes, a minor god of ancient Egypt, represented as a dwarf with large head, goggle eyes, protruding tongue, bowlegs, bushy tail, and usually a crown of feathers.
TITLE OF WORK: Costume design for the ballet "Le tricorne"
TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, color
DATE: 1919
COMMENTS: Ballet "Le tricorne"; first performed at the Alhambra Theatre, London, on 22/07/1919. Distribution: Léonide Massine (The miller), Tamara Karsavina (The miller's wife), Léon Woizikowsky (The corregidor
TITLE OF WORK: Dressed in the most modest way, sometimes on Sundays, Fillon, in the arms of an intimate relationship… (Vêtue de la plus modeste façon, quelquefois, le dimanche, la Fillon, au bras d'un intime…)
TYPE OF WORK: Print, wood
DATE: 1900
DATE DETAILS: approx.
DIMENSIONS: 13 x 18 cm
COMMENTS: Illustration for the story of La Fillon, during the period of La Régence in France
TITLE OF WORK: Statuette: The ballerina Tamara Karsavina
TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, ceramic, bisque porcelain
DATE: 1917
DIMENSIONS: 29 ? 20.5 ? 8.7 cm
COMMENTS: In 1910 the sculptor Serafim Sudbinin received a commission from the factory to produce a portrait in porcelain of the ballerina Tamara Karsavina, but with the proviso that the figurine should be stan
TITLE OF WORK: Skirt-dance by children at the floral fête in aid of St. George's Home, Cape Town
TYPE OF WORK: Print
DATE: 1892
DIMENSIONS: 22.5 x 30.3 cm
COMMENTS: St. George's Home is an orphanage for the children of the Colony. The Governor and Lady Loch were present. The fête was held at Rosebank, near Cape town.
ARTIST: Pierre Gilardeau or O'Kley (France, 1930-2006)
TITLE OF WORK: Folies-Bergère. Folies en fêtes
TYPE OF WORK: Print, lithograph, color, poster
DATE: 1964
COMMENTS: Spectacle in two acts et 40 tableaux, directed by Michel Gyarmathy. Choreography by Billy Petch, sets and costumes by Michel Gyarmathy, lyrics by André Hornez
