Not currently on display at the V&A

Poster

20/11/1979-31/12/1979 (made)
Artist/Maker
Jaguar (printers (people))
Carel, Rene (designers)
Lido, Serge (photographers)
Place of origin
Paris (made)

Photographic and typographic. A blown-up colour photograph, head and torso, of Rudolf Nureyev in ballet costume, possibly for Giselle.


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Dance
Posters
Advertising
Object type
Poster
Materials and techniques
Printed ink on paper
Ink
Paper
Printing
Brief description
Poster advertising a Festival of Stars of Opera and Ballet, featuring Rudolph Nureyev and artistes from L'Opera de Paris, including the world premiere of the ballet Manfred. At the Palais des Sports, Versailles, France, 20 November to 31 December 1979
Physical description
Photographic and typographic. A blown-up colour photograph, head and torso, of Rudolf Nureyev in ballet costume, possibly for Giselle.
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 149.6cm
  • Poster width: 99.9cm
Credit line
From the Sander Gorlinsky Collection presented to the Theatre Museum by Edith Gorlinsky
Object history
Associated Production: Manfred (ballet, composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, choreographer: Rudolf Nureyev), Aida (opera, composer: Giuseppe Verdi). Dancer: Rudolf Nureyev. Company: L'Opera de Paris. Orchestre des Concerts Pasdeloup. Palais des Sports, Versailles, France. 20.11.1979-31.12.1979.
Production
Marketed by Canal Publicité, a French television company. For another poster advertising a Nureyev appearance at the Palais des Sports produced by Canal, see S.870-1997
Subject depicted
Nureyev, Rudolf
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.871-1997

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Record createdAugust 3, 2010
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1170890/poster-carel-rene/
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