Les Matelots
Photograph
1935 (photographed)
1935 (photographed)
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Les Matelots, choreographed by Leonide Massine and designed by Pedro Pruna, was a popular ballet created for Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. This photograph of Leonide Massine, Leon Woizikovsky and David Lichine shows the production as performed by the successor company, de Basil's Ballet Russe.
Object details
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| Title | Les Matelots (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Photograph |
| Brief description | Photograph by Studio Iris of Massine, Woizikovski and Lichine in Les Matelots, 1935 |
| Physical description | Three sailors leaning against one another in front of a painted set of a port, with a label for Studio Iris in the upper right hand corner. The photograph also shows the roughness of the wooden stage floor. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Studio Iris / 32 Rue la Boëtie / Tel: Balzac.18.32. Paris 8e' (Photographers details, printed on attached label, top right hand corner) |
| Credit line | Gabrielle Enthoven Collection |
| Object history | Given by Elizabette Corntheil, Press Manager of Covent Garden, to the Gabrielle Enthoven Collection. |
| Summary | Les Matelots, choreographed by Leonide Massine and designed by Pedro Pruna, was a popular ballet created for Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. This photograph of Leonide Massine, Leon Woizikovsky and David Lichine shows the production as performed by the successor company, de Basil's Ballet Russe. |
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| Accession number | S.30-2021 |
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| Record created | May 20, 2021 |
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