L'Après-midi d'un faune
Drawing
ca. 1912 (drawn)
ca. 1912 (drawn)
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Page of a sketch book showing a coloured sketch depicting Nijinsky as Faune in L'Après-midi d'un faune, Diaghilev Ballets Russes. Sketch by Valentine Gross, ca. 1912.
Diaghilev Ballets Russes L'Après-midi d'un faune (Faune), was first premiered in Paris at Théâtre du Châtelet on 29 May 1912, according to Diaghilev and The Golden Age of The Ballets Russes 1909 - 1929, edited by Jane Pritchard, first published by V&A Publishing in 2010.
The sketches are part of the Valentine Gross Archive (THM/165), held by the V&A Department of Theatre and Performance. Valentine Gross Archive contains research material and artwork, including sketches, studies, drawings, pastels and illustrations. Only the artwork materials have been catalogued with museum numbers and given item level descriptions found in the Search the Collections webpage.
Valentine Gross, a.k.a. Valentine Hugo, was a French art student in Paris in the 1910s. She became a ballet enthusiast, illustrator, researcher and painter. Valentine Gross witnessed annual seasons of Diaghilev Ballets Russes in Paris and made preminary sketches during performances and rehearsals between 1909 and 1914. She later worked them up into pencil or coloured drawings of various degrees of finish including illustrations and paintings.
Some of the sketches feature in the book Nijinsky on Stage by Richard Buckle, published in London by Studio Vista in 1971.
Diaghilev Ballets Russes L'Après-midi d'un faune (Faune), was first premiered in Paris at Théâtre du Châtelet on 29 May 1912, according to Diaghilev and The Golden Age of The Ballets Russes 1909 - 1929, edited by Jane Pritchard, first published by V&A Publishing in 2010.
The sketches are part of the Valentine Gross Archive (THM/165), held by the V&A Department of Theatre and Performance. Valentine Gross Archive contains research material and artwork, including sketches, studies, drawings, pastels and illustrations. Only the artwork materials have been catalogued with museum numbers and given item level descriptions found in the Search the Collections webpage.
Valentine Gross, a.k.a. Valentine Hugo, was a French art student in Paris in the 1910s. She became a ballet enthusiast, illustrator, researcher and painter. Valentine Gross witnessed annual seasons of Diaghilev Ballets Russes in Paris and made preminary sketches during performances and rehearsals between 1909 and 1914. She later worked them up into pencil or coloured drawings of various degrees of finish including illustrations and paintings.
Some of the sketches feature in the book Nijinsky on Stage by Richard Buckle, published in London by Studio Vista in 1971.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Pencil, coloured crayon on paper |
| Brief description | Page of a sketch book showing a coloured sketch depicting Nijinsky as Faune in L'Après-midi d'un faune, Diaghilev Ballets Russes. Sketch by Valentine Gross, ca. 1912 |
| Physical description | Sketch in pencil colour crayon on paper, front only, detached from original sketch book, attached to a supporting paper and mounted with similar sketch. |
| Credit line | Given by Jean Hugo |
| Object history | Donated by Jean Hugo to the 'Museum of Theatre Arts'/Friends of the Museum of Performance and given by them to the V&A |
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| Summary | Page of a sketch book showing a coloured sketch depicting Nijinsky as Faune in L'Après-midi d'un faune, Diaghilev Ballets Russes. Sketch by Valentine Gross, ca. 1912. Diaghilev Ballets Russes L'Après-midi d'un faune (Faune), was first premiered in Paris at Théâtre du Châtelet on 29 May 1912, according to Diaghilev and The Golden Age of The Ballets Russes 1909 - 1929, edited by Jane Pritchard, first published by V&A Publishing in 2010. The sketches are part of the Valentine Gross Archive (THM/165), held by the V&A Department of Theatre and Performance. Valentine Gross Archive contains research material and artwork, including sketches, studies, drawings, pastels and illustrations. Only the artwork materials have been catalogued with museum numbers and given item level descriptions found in the Search the Collections webpage. Valentine Gross, a.k.a. Valentine Hugo, was a French art student in Paris in the 1910s. She became a ballet enthusiast, illustrator, researcher and painter. Valentine Gross witnessed annual seasons of Diaghilev Ballets Russes in Paris and made preminary sketches during performances and rehearsals between 1909 and 1914. She later worked them up into pencil or coloured drawings of various degrees of finish including illustrations and paintings. Some of the sketches feature in the book Nijinsky on Stage by Richard Buckle, published in London by Studio Vista in 1971. |
| Associated object | THM/165 (Archive record) |
| Other number | THM/165 - Archive number |
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| Accession number | S.638-1989 |
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| Record created | September 19, 2012 |
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