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Portrait of Diaghilev in profile turned to the right

Drawing
1916-1929 (made)
Artist/Maker
Larionov (artist)
Place of origin
Russia (made)

A pencil and ink drawing portraying Diaghilev in profile turned to the left.


Object details

Category
Drawings
Object type
Drawing
TitlePortrait of Diaghilev in profile turned to the right (generic title)
Materials and techniques
pencil, pen and ink
Brief description
Portrait of Diaghilev in profile turned to the right by Mikhail Larionov; 1916-1929.
Physical description
A pencil and ink drawing portraying Diaghilev in profile turned to the left.
Dimensions
  • Height: 26.8cm
  • Length: 22.5cm
Taken from Salmina-Haskell, L., Catalogue of Russian Drawings, London: V & A, 1972, p. 40, cat. 149.
Production typeUnique
Subject depicted
Diaghilev, Serge
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • Salmina-Haskell, L., Catalogue of Russian Drawings, London: V & A, 1972, p. 40, cat. 149.
  • The following excerpt is written by Douglas Blair Turnbaugh, Encyclopedia Copyright © 2015, glbtq, Inc: "Diaghilev's genius and his extraordinary knowledge of all the arts, from painting to music, led him to discover and inspire genius in others and to facilitate the collaboration of his discoveries. Perhaps most important of all, he had an appreciation of the new and distinctly modern and was thus able to help shape a new art for a new century. Unabashedly homosexual, Diaghilev was a passionate man in all his endeavors. "It is absolutely necessary for me to make love three times a day," he told his friend the composer Lord Berners. Although his homosexuality was frequently noticed unfavorably by officials and rivals, he made no apologies. Homophobic critics had their revenge after his death in biographies that, while praising him as a creative genius, stressed this "deep flaw" in his character, without recognizing that his homosexuality may have been integral to his creativity."
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.890-1961

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Record createdFebruary 23, 2009
Record URL
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