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L'Après-midi d'un faune

Drawing
ca. 1912 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Page of a sketch book showing a coloured sketch depicting Nijinsky as Faune in L'Après-midi d'un faune, Diaghilev Ballets Russes. Sketch by Valentine Gross, ca. 1912.

Diaghilev Ballets Russes L'Après-midi d'un faune (Faune), was first premiered in Paris at Théâtre du Châtelet on 29 May 1912, according to Diaghilev and The Golden Age of The Ballets Russes 1909 - 1929, edited by Jane Pritchard, first published by V&A Publishing in 2010.

The sketches are part of the Valentine Gross Archive (THM/165), held by the V&A Department of Theatre and Performance. Valentine Gross Archive contains research material and artwork, including sketches, studies, drawings, pastels and illustrations. Only the artwork materials have been catalogued with museum numbers and given item level descriptions found in the Search the Collections webpage.

Valentine Gross, a.k.a. Valentine Hugo, was a French art student in Paris in the 1910s. She became a ballet enthusiast, illustrator, researcher and painter. Valentine Gross witnessed annual seasons of Diaghilev Ballets Russes in Paris and made preminary sketches during performances and rehearsals between 1909 and 1919. She later worked them up into pencil or coloured drawings of various degrees of finish including illustrations and paintings.

Some of the sketches feature in the book Nijinsky on Stage by Richard Buckle, published in London by Studio Vista in 1971.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • L'Après-midi d'un faune
  • Faune
Materials and techniques
Pencil, coloured crayon on paper
Brief description
Page of a sketch book showing a coloured sketch depicting Nijinsky as Faune in L'Après-midi d'un faune, Diaghilev Ballets Russes. Sketch by Valentine Gross, ca. 1912
Physical description
Sketch in pencil colour crayon on paper, front only, detached from original sketch book, attached to a supporting paper and mounted with similar sketch.
Credit line
Given by Jean Hugo
Literary references
  • L'Après-midi d'un faune
  • Faune
Summary
Page of a sketch book showing a coloured sketch depicting Nijinsky as Faune in L'Après-midi d'un faune, Diaghilev Ballets Russes. Sketch by Valentine Gross, ca. 1912.

Diaghilev Ballets Russes L'Après-midi d'un faune (Faune), was first premiered in Paris at Théâtre du Châtelet on 29 May 1912, according to Diaghilev and The Golden Age of The Ballets Russes 1909 - 1929, edited by Jane Pritchard, first published by V&A Publishing in 2010.

The sketches are part of the Valentine Gross Archive (THM/165), held by the V&A Department of Theatre and Performance. Valentine Gross Archive contains research material and artwork, including sketches, studies, drawings, pastels and illustrations. Only the artwork materials have been catalogued with museum numbers and given item level descriptions found in the Search the Collections webpage.

Valentine Gross, a.k.a. Valentine Hugo, was a French art student in Paris in the 1910s. She became a ballet enthusiast, illustrator, researcher and painter. Valentine Gross witnessed annual seasons of Diaghilev Ballets Russes in Paris and made preminary sketches during performances and rehearsals between 1909 and 1919. She later worked them up into pencil or coloured drawings of various degrees of finish including illustrations and paintings.

Some of the sketches feature in the book Nijinsky on Stage by Richard Buckle, published in London by Studio Vista in 1971.
Associated object
THM/165 (Archive record)
Other number
THM/165 - Archive number
Collection
Accession number
S.639-1989

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Record createdSeptember 19, 2012
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