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- Date:
1919 (printed)
- Materials and Techniques:
Printed paper
- Credit Line:
Given by Richard Buckle
- Museum number:
S.199-2008
- Gallery location:
In Storage
Kikimora is a female house-spirit in Slavic mythology who is the embodiment of wickedness. She is a witch-like figure and traditionally lives behind the stove.
Kikimora was the first of the Russian folk tales choreographed by Leonide Massine to music by Liadoff with designs by Larionov. It was first performed as an independent ballet at San Sebastian in Spain on 25 August 1916 and then expanded with the addition of two other stories at the Theatre du Chatelet, Paris, 11 May 1917