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Poster

1924 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Typographic advertisement poster printed in red and black


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Printing ink on paper
Brief description
Poster advertising A Divertissement at the London Coliseum, 1924, featuring Lydia Lopkova and Stanislas Idzikowski performing La Princesse Enchantee [and] a Valse [and] Soldier and Grisette
Physical description
Typographic advertisement poster printed in red and black
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 76.8cm
  • Poster width: 51cm
Object history
Associated Production: La Princesse Enchantee, Bluebird Pas de Deux, L'Oiseau d'Or, L'Oiseau de Feu, Valse from Les Sylphides, Soldier and Grisette. Composer: Tchaikovsky. Composer: Frederic Chopin. Composer: Lecoq. Dancers: Lydia Lopokova, Stanislas Idzikowski, Margot Astafieva, Lydia Glebova, Pandora Phillips, Elisabetta Terabust. Company: London Festival Ballet. Sponsor: European Cultural Endowment Fund. London Coliseum, St. Martin's Lane . 7.4.1924. Performance category: dance. La Princesse Enchante is the Bluebird Pas de Deux from Sleeping Beauty, which is also knows as L'Oiseau d'Or and L'Oiseau de Feu. This item is only billed on the poster as Valse (Chopin), but is probably the Valse from Les Sylphides.
Collection
Accession number
S.570-1983

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Record createdJuly 23, 2010
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