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Portrait of Bronislava Nijinska as Ta Hor in Mikhail Fokine’s ballet Cleopatre 1922.
Ta Hor was one of the roles that Nijinska performed after her return to Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes 1921-1925.


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Brief description
Portrait by Géo Blwyeth? of Bronislava Nijinska as Ta Hor in Mikhail Fokine’s ballet Cleopatre 1922
Physical description
Portrait of a woman in a dark 'Egyptian'-style wig with ringlets and headband wearing a colourful sleeveless dress of stripes
Dimensions
  • Height: 31.5cm
  • Width: 24cm (Note: Sketched portrait drawn on a page torn from a sketchpad, width is 25.5cms where the paper is poorly torn from the pad)
Marks and inscriptions
Signed Géo Blwyeth? 1922 On the lower right there is a further (later) inscription in biro in French ‘Bronislava Nijinska in the ballet Cleopatra/PASZ’
Translation
‘Bronislava Nijinska in the ballet Cleopatra/PASZ’
Summary
Portrait of Bronislava Nijinska as Ta Hor in Mikhail Fokine’s ballet Cleopatre 1922.
Ta Hor was one of the roles that Nijinska performed after her return to Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes 1921-1925.
Collection
Accession number
S.9-2016

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Record createdOctober 27, 2015
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