Stage design for the ballet Diane de Poitiers
Drawing
1933 (made)
1933 (made)
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Stage design for the ballet Diane de Poitiers
Object details
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| Title | Stage design for the ballet <i>Diane de Poitiers</i> |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil, ink and body-colours. |
| Brief description | Stage design for the ballet 'Diane de Poitiers' by Alexandre Benois; 1933. |
| Physical description | Stage design for the ballet Diane de Poitiers |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Marks and inscriptions | Alexandre Benois i. VII. 1933. 3-me idée pour le décor du II Acte du ballet Diane de Poitiers. (Signed, dated and inscribed.) |
| Object history | This stage design was created for Diane de Poitiers, produced by Ida Rubinstein with choreography by Michael Fokine and music by Jacques Ibert, was first performed at the Paris Opera on 30 April 1934. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Salmina-Haskell, L., Catalogue of Russian Drawings, London: V & A, 1972, p. 10, cat. 17.
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| Other number | 87 (Storran Gallery exhibition 1937) - Exhibition number |
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| Accession number | E.562-1969 |
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| Record created | February 12, 2009 |
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