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Group of six female and two male dancers in the ballet Les Noces

Design
ca. 1923 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Goncharova (artist)

Group of six female and two male dancers in the ballet Les Noces by Natalia Goncharova; ca. 1923.

Object details

Categories
Designs
Drawings
Object type
Design
TitleGroup of six female and two male dancers in the ballet <i>Les Noces</i> (generic title)
Materials and techniques
pencil, pen and indian ink
Brief description
Group of six female and two male dancers in the ballet Les Noces by Natalia Goncharova; ca. 1923.
Dimensions
  • Height: 215mm
  • Length: 335mm
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
N. Gontcharova (Signed.)
Object history
This drawing was made for the costumes in the ballet Les Noces with music by Stravinsky and choreography by Bronislava Nijinska and Goncharova herself, produced by Diaghilev at the Théâtre de la Gaîté-Lyrique, Paris on 13 July 1923.
Subjects depicted
Dancers
Costume
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • Salmina-Haskell, L., Catalogue of Russian Drawings, London: V & A, 1972, p. 24, cat. 72.
  • Jane Pritchard, ed. Diaghilev and the golden age of the Ballet Russes, 1909-1929 London: V&A Publishing, 2010. ISBN: 9781851776139.
  • A retrospective exhibition of paintings and designs for the theatre: Larionov and Goncharova, London : Arts Council of Great Britain, 1961 no. 147
  • Les Ballets Russes de Serge de Diaghilev : 1909-1929. Strasbourg : Ville de Strasbourg, 1969 375
  • Stravinsky and the Dance : a survey of ballet productions, 1910-1962, in honor of the eightieth birthday of Igor Stravinsky, New York, Dance Collection of the New York Public Library, 1962
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.107-1961

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Record createdFebruary 17, 2009
Record URL
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