The Magic Pool

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Artist/Maker	Larionov, Mikhail Fyodorovich (artist)
Place of origin	Paris (made)

Design for theatre back cloth in pastel shades, bodycolour on paper.

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Categories	Designs Theatre Dance Paintings
Object type	Design
Title	The Magic Pool (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Bodycolour on paper Bodycolour Paper (Fiber Product) Painting (Image-Making)
Brief description	Mikhail Fyodorovich Larionov. Design for the back-cloth of the ballet Les Contes Russes. Bodycolour on paper. Ca. 1917.
Physical description	Design for theatre back cloth in pastel shades, bodycolour on paper.
Dimensions	From catalogue height: 55.9cm From catalogue width: 76.2cm
Production type	Unique
Marks and inscriptions	Signed and dated M Larionov 1916. Inscribed in ink on the back 'Drawing by Michel Larionov for the Scene III of the Ballet Contes Russes (Children's Tales)'
Credit line	Given by Dr W. A. Propert
Object history	Design for the back-cloth of Scene II, the Magic Pool, in the ballet Les Contes Russes, with music by Liadov, first produced at the Teatro Costanzi, Rome, in April 1917.
Subject depicted	Theatre Design
Bibliographic references	John Milner A Slap in the Face! Futurists in Russia London: Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, 2007. ISBN: 978 0 85667 639 0. Jane Pritchard, ed. Diaghilev and the golden age of the Ballet Russes, 1909-1929 London: V&A Publishing, 2010. ISBN: 9781851776139. Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1926, London: Board of Education, 1927.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.1026-1926

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Record created	January 18, 2007
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O130913/the-magic-pool-design-larionov-mikhail-fyodorovich/

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