Design for Peasant Woman's Costume in the Ballet 'Le Soleil de Minuit'
Design
1915 (made)
1915 (made)
| Artist/Maker |
Gouache with tinfoil on two pieces of thin paper glued on a piece of cardboard
Object details
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| Title | Design for Peasant Woman's Costume in the Ballet 'Le Soleil de Minuit' (generic title) |
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| Brief description | Mikhail Larionov, Design for Peasant Woman's Costume in the Ballet 'Le Soleil de Minuit', 1915. |
| Physical description | Gouache with tinfoil on two pieces of thin paper glued on a piece of cardboard |
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| Object history | Purchased from the artist in 1961. |
| Historical context | 'Le Soleil de minuit' with music by Rimsky-Korsakov and choreography by Massine was first produced in Geneva on 20 December 1915. This production saw not only Massine's debut as a choreographer but also the first work of Larionov as a ballet designer, and both were very successful. |
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| Accession number | E.284-1961 |
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| Record created | July 9, 2007 |
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