Drawing
1920 (Drawn)
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Full length female figure reclining left to right on floor cushions, her left arm bent along the cushion and her right bent and the fingers touching her cheek, wearing harem pants, close fitting bodice and feathered turban with central jewel. In the background to left a stylized lion and a figure seen only at the waist and upper skirted legs; in the right foreground a hookah. Charcoal. Signed and dated in lower right hand corner: "R Schwabe 1920"
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Charcoal on paper |
| Brief description | Drawing by Randolph Schwabe of Tamara Karsavina as Zobeide in Mikhail Fokine's ballet Schéhérazade with the Diaghilev Ballets Russes in 1920. Charcoal. |
| Physical description | Full length female figure reclining left to right on floor cushions, her left arm bent along the cushion and her right bent and the fingers touching her cheek, wearing harem pants, close fitting bodice and feathered turban with central jewel. In the background to left a stylized lion and a figure seen only at the waist and upper skirted legs; in the right foreground a hookah. Charcoal. Signed and dated in lower right hand corner: "R Schwabe 1920" |
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| Marks and inscriptions | "R Schwabe 1920" (Signature; date; Lower right hand corner; Handwriting; Charcoal) |
| Credit line | Cyril W. Beaumont Bequest |
| Object history | Tamara Karsavina first danced Zobeide in Mikhail Fokine's ballet "Scheherazade" in 1911 and throughout the pre-1914 Diaghilev Ballets Russes' seasons; she returned to the role during the Company's London seasons in 1919 and 1920, when Schwabe probably created this drawing and one of her as the Miller's Wife in Leonide Massine's ballet "The Three-Cornered Hat" ("Le Tricorne") (S.418-2000). The drawing came to the Museum as part of the Cyril Beaumont Bequest. |
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| Accession number | S.419-2000 |
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| Record created | December 20, 2001 |
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