Sketch
1938 (drawn)
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A simple line caricature of the choreographer and dancer Michael Fokine. It was drawn by the costume and set designer Guy Sheppard and is dated 1938.
Fokine spent the early years of his career working with Diaghilev's Ballets Russes but worked independently from 1914 onwards. In 1938/9 he accompanied the Covent Garden Ballets Russes on their tour of Australia and New Zealand where many of Fokine's works were restaged alongside Australian premieres of Cendrillon, Le Coq d'or and Papillonsunder his personal supervision.
Fokine spent the early years of his career working with Diaghilev's Ballets Russes but worked independently from 1914 onwards. In 1938/9 he accompanied the Covent Garden Ballets Russes on their tour of Australia and New Zealand where many of Fokine's works were restaged alongside Australian premieres of Cendrillon, Le Coq d'or and Papillonsunder his personal supervision.
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| Brief description | Caricature of Michael Fokine, drawn by Guy Sheppard and dated 1938. |
| Physical description | A simple black line caricature of Michael Fokine. This side view appears to have been drawn by keeping the pen on the paper as far as possible with small loops to indicate the chin, eye and mouth. Crayon shading has been used at the rear of the head to indicate the hairline. |
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| Summary | A simple line caricature of the choreographer and dancer Michael Fokine. It was drawn by the costume and set designer Guy Sheppard and is dated 1938. Fokine spent the early years of his career working with Diaghilev's Ballets Russes but worked independently from 1914 onwards. In 1938/9 he accompanied the Covent Garden Ballets Russes on their tour of Australia and New Zealand where many of Fokine's works were restaged alongside Australian premieres of Cendrillon, Le Coq d'or and Papillonsunder his personal supervision. |
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| Accession number | S.497-1985 |
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| Record created | February 19, 2010 |
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