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, choreographers and musicians at the Russian Imperial Ballet. Claudia Kulichevskaya was a character artist and ballet mistress who would create roles of the Gold Fairy in the Sleeping Beauty and One of Raymonda's friends in Raymonda.
The brothers worked together to produce caricatures of fellow dancers, choreographers and musicians at the Russian Imperial Ballet. Claudia Kulichevskaya was a character artist and ballet mistress who would create roles of the Gold Fairy in the Sleeping Beauty and One of Raymonda's friends in Raymonda.
Object details
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| Title | Print Collection (named collection) |
| Materials and techniques | Chromolithograph |
| Brief description | Caricature by Nicolai and Sergei Legat of K. Koulitchevsky [Claudia Kulichevskaya], ca.1902. |
| Physical description | Caricature of K. Koulitchevsky by Nicolai and Sergei Legat. She is shown in the ballet fifth position on pointe looking slightly to her right. She wears a knee length skirt with red and black stripes, a white apron and a black and white sleeveless bodice. She carries a basket of groceries on her left arm. At her side a small wolf sits on a wheeled cart of concertina-like construction. |
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| Credit line | Cyril W. Beaumont Bequest |
| 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, choreographers and musicians at the Russian Imperial Ballet. Claudia Kulichevskaya was a character artist and ballet mistress who would create roles of the Gold Fairy in the Sleeping Beauty and One of Raymonda's friends in Raymonda. |
| Bibliographic reference | Gregory, John. The Legat Saga - Golden Years of the Russian Ballet: the life and times of Nicolai Legat ( London: Javog Publishing Associates, 1992).
Wiley, Roland John. The life of Lev Ivanov: Choreographer (Oxford: Clarendon, 1997) |
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| Accession number | S.3064-2010 |
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| Record created | November 22, 2010 |
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