Dressing Room No. 1
Print
1923 (made)
1923 (made)
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Laura Knight made many paintings, drawings and subsequent prints of scenes showing dancers and theatrical subjects, many of them views behind the scenes. This print is based on the painting Prima ballerina and dresser exhibited at the Alpine Club, London, in 1922, but with the composition reversed. The figure in the foreground is Lydia Lopokova (a principal dancer with Diaghilev's 'Ballets Russes'). She is wearing the striped drawers designed by Alexandre Benois as part of the costume for the dancer in Stravinsky's ballet Petruska.The dresser in the background is sewing or perhaps mending the dancer's dress.
Object details
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| Title | Dressing Room No. 1 (popular title) |
| Materials and techniques | Etching and aquatint |
| Brief description | Laura Knight, 'Dressing Room No. 1', aquatint. |
| Physical description | View of an interior with a woman in the background, seen in profile, sewing a flounced dress or petticoat. In the foreground is a seated woman, with her head turned towards the woamn sewing. She is dressed only in a cap with frilled or lace trim, a bra, striped pantaloons and slippers. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Laura Knight (Signed in pencil) |
| Gallery label | This print by Laura Knight is based on her painting Prima Ballerina and Dresser. It features Lydia Lopokova, the Ballets Russes principal dancer. In her autobiography Knight said of the picture: 'Everything was glorious to paint; the contrast between the black-clothed dresser and the artificial brilliance … even the old red-plush armchair'. Lopokova wears striped drawers designed by Alexandre Benois for Stravinsky's ballet Petruska.(November 2010) |
| Credit line | Given by the artist |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | Laura Knight made many paintings, drawings and subsequent prints of scenes showing dancers and theatrical subjects, many of them views behind the scenes. This print is based on the painting Prima ballerina and dresser exhibited at the Alpine Club, London, in 1922, but with the composition reversed. The figure in the foreground is Lydia Lopokova (a principal dancer with Diaghilev's 'Ballets Russes'). She is wearing the striped drawers designed by Alexandre Benois as part of the costume for the dancer in Stravinsky's ballet Petruska.The dresser in the background is sewing or perhaps mending the dancer's dress. |
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| Accession number | E.4085-1923 |
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| Record created | July 24, 2008 |
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