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Enrico Cecchetti Teaching a Class

Print
1920s (made)
Artist/Maker
Schwabe, Randolph (artist)
Place of origin
Europe (made)

Lithograph of Enrico Cecchetti. Full length male figure seated in a swivel chair facing to viewer's left, wearing a three piece suit, a bow tie and a fitted cap and holding a cane. On the wall behind him, a timetable listing exercises for Saturday (Samedi) and an image of a ballerina. Lithograph signed R Schwabe.

Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Dance
Drawings
Object type
Print
TitleEnrico Cecchetti Teaching a Class (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Lithograph on paper
Printing Ink
Paper
Lithographic Engraving (Printing Process)
Brief description
Lithograph of ballet teacher, Enrico Cecchetti, seated in a swivel chair, by Randolph Schwabe, 1920s
Physical description
Lithograph of Enrico Cecchetti. Full length male figure seated in a swivel chair facing to viewer's left, wearing a three piece suit, a bow tie and a fitted cap and holding a cane. On the wall behind him, a timetable listing exercises for Saturday (Samedi) and an image of a ballerina. Lithograph signed R Schwabe.

Dimensions
  • Height: 52.5cm
  • Width: 40.2cm
Production typeMass produced
Marks and inscriptions
'R Schwabe' (Printed signature, lower right hand corner)
Gallery label
(26/10/2020)
Ballet Master Cecchetti is seated in his London studio, watching his pupils. Traditionally dance teachers used a cane to beat time. There was a set class for each day of the week and behind his chair is the list of classes for Saturday (Samedi). Cecchetti taught dancing derived from the Italian style. His classes were published for future generations with illustrations by Swabe.
Credit line
Cyril W. Beaumont Bequest
Object history
The print came to the Museum as part of the Cyril Beaumont Bequest. Schwabe produced illustrations and prints for several of Beaumont's publications, mostly relating to the Diaghilev Ballets Russes.
Subject depicted
Cecchetti, Enrico
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.353-2019

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Record createdJuly 25, 2019
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1505028/enrico-cecchetti-teaching-a-class-print-schwabe-randolph/
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