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, musicians and theatre staff at the Russian Imperial Ballet. This image shows Ivan/Giovani Caffi a leading costumier in St Petersburg
He was responsible for many of the traditional Russian outfits at the 1903 Costume Ball at the Winter Palace in St Petersburg and it was I. Caffi which made the costumes for Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring) and Salome for Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in 1913.
The brothers worked together to produce caricatures of fellow dancers, choreographers, musicians and theatre staff at the Russian Imperial Ballet. This image shows Ivan/Giovani Caffi a leading costumier in St Petersburg
He was responsible for many of the traditional Russian outfits at the 1903 Costume Ball at the Winter Palace in St Petersburg and it was I. Caffi which made the costumes for Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring) and Salome for Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in 1913.
Object details
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| Title | Print Collection (named collection) |
| Materials and techniques | Chromolithograph |
| Brief description | Caricature by Nicolai and Sergei Legat of I. Kaffy [Caffi], ca.1902. |
| Physical description | Caricature of I. Kaffy by Nicolai and Sergei Legat. The subject is shown sideways, facing to his right, sitting on a larger-than-life wine bottle and holding a pair of huge scissors in his right hand. He is wearing a yellow jacket and black trousers and is smoking a cigar. |
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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, musicians and theatre staff at the Russian Imperial Ballet. This image shows Ivan/Giovani Caffi a leading costumier in St Petersburg He was responsible for many of the traditional Russian outfits at the 1903 Costume Ball at the Winter Palace in St Petersburg and it was I. Caffi which made the costumes for Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring) and Salome for Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in 1913. |
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| Accession number | S.3142-2010 |
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| Record created | December 3, 2010 |
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