Print Collection
Print
ca. 1902 (drawn)
ca. 1902 (drawn)
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Nicolai Legat (1869-1937) and his brother Sergei (1875-1905) were dancers, choreographers, teachers of ballet and caricaturists. Both worked for the Russian Imperial Ballet. Nicolai became an important teacher and after leaving the Imperial Ballet in 1914 went on to teach dance in Russia, Paris and London, where he eventually settled. Sergei, regarded as the greater choreographer and perceived as the natural successor to Pavel Gerdt as the Imperial Ballet's Premier danseur noble, committed suicide, aged 30.
The brothers worked together to produce caricatures of fellow dancers and choreographers. The tall, statuesque Princess Serafina Alexandrovna Astafieva (1876-1934) was married to Josef Kschessinsky. She danced with the Maryinsky Ballet and Diaghilev's Ballets Russes (performing roles created by Ida Rubinstein), before establishing her Russian Dancing Academy in London (eventually at the Pheasantry in the King's Road) where her pupils included Anton Dolin, Alicia Markova, Anna Neagle and Margot Fonteyn.
The brothers worked together to produce caricatures of fellow dancers and choreographers. The tall, statuesque Princess Serafina Alexandrovna Astafieva (1876-1934) was married to Josef Kschessinsky. She danced with the Maryinsky Ballet and Diaghilev's Ballets Russes (performing roles created by Ida Rubinstein), before establishing her Russian Dancing Academy in London (eventually at the Pheasantry in the King's Road) where her pupils included Anton Dolin, Alicia Markova, Anna Neagle and Margot Fonteyn.
Object details
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| Title | Print Collection (named collection) |
| Materials and techniques | Chromolithograph |
| Brief description | Caricature by Nicolai and Sergei Legat of Serafina Astafieva, ca. 1902 in St. Petersburg. |
| Physical description | Caricature of Serafina Astafieva by Nicolai and Sergei Legat. She is shown in profile, facing to her right. She wears a short white dress with black tights and button boots. She carries an oval shield on her left arm and a spear in her right hand. |
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| Object history | The image is taken from The Russian Ballet in Caricatures, St Petersburg, 1902-1905, a portfolio of 95 prints. |
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| Summary | Nicolai Legat (1869-1937) and his brother Sergei (1875-1905) were dancers, choreographers, teachers of ballet and caricaturists. Both worked for the Russian Imperial Ballet. Nicolai became an important teacher and after leaving the Imperial Ballet in 1914 went on to teach dance in Russia, Paris and London, where he eventually settled. Sergei, regarded as the greater choreographer and perceived as the natural successor to Pavel Gerdt as the Imperial Ballet's Premier danseur noble, committed suicide, aged 30. The brothers worked together to produce caricatures of fellow dancers and choreographers. The tall, statuesque Princess Serafina Alexandrovna Astafieva (1876-1934) was married to Josef Kschessinsky. She danced with the Maryinsky Ballet and Diaghilev's Ballets Russes (performing roles created by Ida Rubinstein), before establishing her Russian Dancing Academy in London (eventually at the Pheasantry in the King's Road) where her pupils included Anton Dolin, Alicia Markova, Anna Neagle and Margot Fonteyn. |
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| Accession number | S.5317-2009 |
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| Record created | February 16, 2010 |
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