Le Tricorne
Silhouette
1930s (cut)
1930s (cut)
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Black paper silhouette by shadow-puppeteer Lotte Reiniger of The Miller and his wife mock the lecherous Corregidor in Lèonide Massine’s ballet Le Tricorne/The Three-Cornered Hat (1919)The figures are mounted on Japanese tissue window mounted in brandy and brown paper edged with black. It is signed LR in pencil on the Japanese tissue on the right and annotated on the mount TRICORNE DE BASIL BALLET.
Le Tricorne/The Three-Cornered Hat was choreographed for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes by Lèonide Massine in 1919 to a score by Manuel de Falla and designs by Pablo Picasso was a popular ballet presenting an adaptation of the Spanish play El Corregidor y La Molinera. It was first danced by de Basil's Ballets Russes in 1934.
Shadow puppeteer, Lotte Reiniger (1899-1981) created silhouettes of De Basil’s Ballets Russes for illustrations in periodicals and as souvenirs sold through the book dealer Ifan Kyrle Fletcher.
Le Tricorne/The Three-Cornered Hat was choreographed for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes by Lèonide Massine in 1919 to a score by Manuel de Falla and designs by Pablo Picasso was a popular ballet presenting an adaptation of the Spanish play El Corregidor y La Molinera. It was first danced by de Basil's Ballets Russes in 1934.
Shadow puppeteer, Lotte Reiniger (1899-1981) created silhouettes of De Basil’s Ballets Russes for illustrations in periodicals and as souvenirs sold through the book dealer Ifan Kyrle Fletcher.
Object details
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| Title | Le Tricorne (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | cut paper |
| Brief description | Black paper silhouette by Lotte Reiniger of The Miller and his wife mocking the lecherous Corregidor in Lèonide Massine’s ballet Le Tricorne/The Three-Cornered Hat |
| Physical description | Black paper silhouette showing three figures mounted on Japanese tissue window mounted in brandy and brown paper edged with black. Signed LR in pencil on the Japanese tissue on the right and annotated on the mount TRICORNE DE BASIL BALLET. |
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| Summary | Black paper silhouette by shadow-puppeteer Lotte Reiniger of The Miller and his wife mock the lecherous Corregidor in Lèonide Massine’s ballet Le Tricorne/The Three-Cornered Hat (1919)The figures are mounted on Japanese tissue window mounted in brandy and brown paper edged with black. It is signed LR in pencil on the Japanese tissue on the right and annotated on the mount TRICORNE DE BASIL BALLET. Le Tricorne/The Three-Cornered Hat was choreographed for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes by Lèonide Massine in 1919 to a score by Manuel de Falla and designs by Pablo Picasso was a popular ballet presenting an adaptation of the Spanish play El Corregidor y La Molinera. It was first danced by de Basil's Ballets Russes in 1934. Shadow puppeteer, Lotte Reiniger (1899-1981) created silhouettes of De Basil’s Ballets Russes for illustrations in periodicals and as souvenirs sold through the book dealer Ifan Kyrle Fletcher. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | S.3686-2013 |
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| Record created | September 26, 2013 |
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