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Stage design for the ballet La Foire de Sorotchinsky

Design
ca. 1940 (designed)
Artist/Maker

Natalia Gontcharova; Stage design for the ballet 'La Foire de Sorotchinsky', 1940

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleStage design for the ballet <i>La Foire de Sorotchinsky</i> (generic title)
Materials and techniques
watercolours and body-colours
Brief description
Natalia Gontcharova; Stage design for the ballet 'La Foire de Sorotchinsky', 1940
Dimensions
  • Height: 65.8cm
  • Length: 81.4cm
Taken from Salmina-Haskell, L., Catalogue of Russian Drawings, London: V & A, 1972, p. 28, cat. 94.
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
N. Gontcharova (Signed)
Object history
This stage design created for an adaptation for ballet of Mussorgsky's opera based on the story by Gogol. The earliest version with décor and costumes by Goncharova was staged at the Théâtre des Champ-Élysées in 1926. This drawing is for a later production given by the Ballets Russes de Paris at the Salle Pleyel, Paris in August 1940.
Purchased from the artist in 1961.
Subject depicted
Associated objects
Bibliographic reference
Salmina-Haskell, L., Catalogue of Russian Drawings, London: V & A, 1972, p. 28, cat. 94.
Collection
Accession number
E.298-1961

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Record createdFebruary 17, 2009
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