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Les Matelots

Photograph
1935 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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

Categories
Object type
TitleLes 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.
Dimensions
  • Height: 29cm
  • Width: 23.8cm
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.
Collection
Accession number
S.30-2021

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Record createdMay 20, 2021
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