Poster advertising Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes season at the Teatro Real, Madrid, 1921
Poster
1921 (made)
1921 (made)
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This poster advertises the third (and last season) that Serge Diaghilev's Ballet Russes performed at the Teatro Real, Madrid, from 19 March to 10 April 1921. During the season The Polovtsian Dances,a ballet excerpt from Borodin's opera Prince Igor,appear to have been performed three times.
Spain was important to Diaghilev's company as it had provided a refuge for them during the 1914-18 War and the King of Spain was a great supporter of the company. Nevertheless they appeared more frequently in Barcelona (five visits between 1917 and 1927) than Madrid. Posters and programme covers for performances in Spain were frequently artists' impressions of the company's most popular productions. The Polovtsian Dances was one such, being danced at a quarter of all Ballets Russes performances, and being the only production presented every year of the company's existence. In his illustration the artist Abelard Delgado captures the energy and colour of the production but creates his own interpretation of the costume designed by Nicholas Roerich for a male warrior.
Spain was important to Diaghilev's company as it had provided a refuge for them during the 1914-18 War and the King of Spain was a great supporter of the company. Nevertheless they appeared more frequently in Barcelona (five visits between 1917 and 1927) than Madrid. Posters and programme covers for performances in Spain were frequently artists' impressions of the company's most popular productions. The Polovtsian Dances was one such, being danced at a quarter of all Ballets Russes performances, and being the only production presented every year of the company's existence. In his illustration the artist Abelard Delgado captures the energy and colour of the production but creates his own interpretation of the costume designed by Nicholas Roerich for a male warrior.
Object details
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| Title | Poster advertising Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes season at the Teatro Real, Madrid, 1921 (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Printing ink on paper |
| Brief description | Poster advertising Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes [Bailes Rusos] season at the Teatro Real, Madrid, 1921 |
| Physical description | Pictorial and typographic poster dominated by an artist's impression of one of the Polovtsian warriors from the ballet the Polovtsian dances from Prince Igor. Waving his bow the dancer leaps in a brightly coloured costume. The poster only details the company 'Bailes Rusos' (literally, Russian Dances) and the theatre at which they were to perform, the Teatro Real. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | TEATRO REAL
BAILES RUSOS
Abelard Delgado XXI
GRAFICAS REUNIDAS/SA BARQUILLO 8/MADRID
Stamped with Theatre Museum, V.A.M. stamp. (The text details the theatre and company, the artist and date of illustration and address of printer.) |
| Object history | Purchased from Sotheby Parkr Burnet & Co, Lot 199 in the sale of 13 March 1980. Previously owned by Stanislas Idzikowsky. |
| Summary | This poster advertises the third (and last season) that Serge Diaghilev's Ballet Russes performed at the Teatro Real, Madrid, from 19 March to 10 April 1921. During the season The Polovtsian Dances,a ballet excerpt from Borodin's opera Prince Igor,appear to have been performed three times. Spain was important to Diaghilev's company as it had provided a refuge for them during the 1914-18 War and the King of Spain was a great supporter of the company. Nevertheless they appeared more frequently in Barcelona (five visits between 1917 and 1927) than Madrid. Posters and programme covers for performances in Spain were frequently artists' impressions of the company's most popular productions. The Polovtsian Dances was one such, being danced at a quarter of all Ballets Russes performances, and being the only production presented every year of the company's existence. In his illustration the artist Abelard Delgado captures the energy and colour of the production but creates his own interpretation of the costume designed by Nicholas Roerich for a male warrior. |
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| Accession number | S.313-1980 |
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