Set Model
1909 (made)
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Set model for Les Sylphides designed by Alexandre Benois for Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, 1909.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 7 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Gouache, paper, card and wood |
| Brief description | Set model for Les Sylphides designed by Alexandre Benois for Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, 1909 |
| Physical description | Set model for Les Sylphides, deconstructed. Mounted in four sections, with three pairs of wing flats, painted with leafless trees, and a backdrop showing a ruined church and tombstones, all in shades of grey. The wings are labelled 'front', 'middle' and 'back'. The backdrop has thin strips of wood attached, at left and right sides and at top. |
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| Object history | Exhibited in Diaghilev and the Golden Age of the Ballets Russes, 1909-1929, V&A, 23 September 2010 - 9 January 2011. |
| Summary | Set model for Les Sylphides designed by Alexandre Benois for Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, 1909. |
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| Accession number | S.515:1 to 7-1980 |
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| Record created | June 20, 2019 |
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