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Design for the costume of the cricket in the Ballet 'Histoires Naturelles'

Design
ca. 1916 (made)
Artist/Maker
Larionov, Mikhail Fyodorovich (artist)

Design for the costume of the cricket in the Ballet 'Histoires Naturelles' by Larionov.


Object details

Object type
Design
TitleDesign for the costume of the cricket in the Ballet 'Histoires Naturelles' (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Body-colour
Body Colour
Brief description
Design for the costume of the cricket in the Ballet 'Histoires Naturelles' by Larionov.
Dimensions
  • From catalogue height: 290mm
  • From catalogue width: 440mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • M. Larionow (Signed in brown body-colour)
  • Pierre Bertin dans le role de Grillon. Costume macanique aussi qui se met en mouvement exclusivement par la voix. Music de Ravel. Brevet n. 0,009721840536... (Inscribed)
Object history
The ballet with music by Ravel was rehearsed by Diaghilev in Lausanne in 1916 but was never staged. A stencilled replica of this drawing is now in an American private collection.
Purchased from the artist in 1961.
Subjects depicted
Costume Design
Ballet
Insect
Bibliographic reference
Sjeng Scheijen, ed. Working for Diaghilev. Schoyten, 2004. 271 p.: ill (some col.)
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.286-1961

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Record createdMay 25, 2007
Record URL
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