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199728310Hartford: Wadsworth Atheneum and Yale University Press 1997. First edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Tall thick paperbound quarto. 352 pp. Profusely illustrated in color. This book documents the Serge Lifar Collection of Theater Designs Costumes and Paintings at the Wadsworth Atheneum. An impressive work. Price sticker to rear cover. A handsome near fine copy. Very heavy volume. Wadsworth Atheneum and Yale University Press paperback books
1914983773Diaghilev. Souvenir program for <b>Le Coq d'or and Pétrouchka</b>. Neuvième Saison Russe. Mai-Juin 1914 dix représentations de Ballets Russes de M. Serge de Diaghlew. Paris: Ballets Russes 1914. <br /><br /> Quarto 9 ½" x 12". Original wrappers 48p plus inserts. FINE COPY with original silk ties. Rare in this condition. Includes "Agrument du Coq d'Or and Petrouchka. General program for Mai-Juin 1914. Photo of Karsavina in Petrouchka Costumes in color full page photos of Fokina Fokine Karsavina Bolm ads inserted for Brunhoff's periodical Comoedia Illustre and Valentine Gross' Mouvements de Danse centerpiece of scenes from Papillons another two page spread in gold for Benois' costumes for Rossignol; sheaf of adverts at end including one for Sizaire-Berwick auto Sizaire-Berwick was an Anglo-French automobile manufacturer active between 1913 and 1927 and the Lorraine-Diétrich Lorraine-Dietrich was a French automobile and aircraft engine manufacturer from 1896 until 1935<br /> Ballets Russes books
1983185046San Francisco: San Francisco Opera House and Sheldon Soffer Management 1983. handbill leaflet. 8.5x11 inch handbill printed both sides on semi-glossy stock. Publicity handbill for the all-male ballet troup with cover photo by John L. Murphy two dancers in a dying swan pose and reviews from the New Yorker and LA Times back panel with two smaller b&w photos of the company with dozens of review quotes and performance schedule below. San Francisco Opera House and Sheldon Soffer Management unknown books
192436302Paris: Éditions des Quatre Chemins 1924. Two volumes. Quarto. Original publisher's heavy ivory wrappers with illustration in color by Braque to uppers. <br/><br/>Vol. I:<br/>1f. recto half-title verso blank 1f. recto title verso blank 1f. recto "Jean Cocteau" verso blank 3ff. text 1f. portrait of Cocteau 1f. recto "Louis Laloy" verso blank 7ff. text 1f. recto facsimile of music by Auric verso blank <br/>1f. recto "Georges Braque" verso blank 23 hand-coloured set and costume designs by Braque: La Naïde; Esquisse du décor; Décor manquette; Éraste; La Montagne; Lysandre; Orphise; L'Élegante; Joueuse de volant; Joueuse de volant dos; Première bavarde; Deuxième bavarde; Deuxième bavarde dos; Joueur de boules; Joueur de cartes; Le Tuteur; Premier valet; Deuxième valet; Policier; Premier masque; Premier masque dos; Deuxième masque; and Deuxième masque dos.<br/> <br/>Vol. II: <br/>1f. recto half-title verso blank 1f. recto blank verso reproduction of photograph of Braque by Man Ray 1f. recto title "Réalisation Scénique" verso blank 1f. contents 1f. recto "Argument" verso blank 1f. recto part title verso blank 22 full-page reproductions of photographs of dancers L. Krassovska; Nicolas Zverew; Antoine Wilzak; La Nijinska 2; Lubov Tchernicheva 3; Antoine Doline; N. Devalois 2; Ludmila Cholar L. Choliar et A. Wilzak; Alice Nikitin; L. Chollar A. Nikitina and A. Wilzak; Thadée Slavinsky 2; Th. Slavinsky E. Lapitsky et C. Tcherkas; Léon Woizikovsky; J. Jazvinsky et M. Pavlow; M. Federow; and S. Lifar in role portraits.<br/><br/>All plates with tissue gards.<br/><br/>Wrappers very slightly worn and soiled. Minor internal wear; a few signatures partially split; some tissue guards worn and creased. First Edition limited to 500 copies this no. 15 of only 40 copies on Hollande van Gelder with limitation statements at the conclusion of each volume. Magriel p. 187. Niles & Leslie I p. 75. Derra de Moroda 1503. <br/><br/>Les Facheux a ballet in one act with music by Georges Auric choreography by Bronislava Nijinska scenario by Boris Kochno after Moliere's comedy-ballet and curtain scenery and costumes by Georges Braque was first performed by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in Monte Carlo on 19 January 1924 with principal dancers Lubov Tchernicheva Anatole Vilzak and Anton Dolin.<br/><br/>"By the time Auric found himself a member of Les Six Auric Durey Honegger Milhaud Poulenc and Tailleferre the style of his music - brilliant and often acidly aggressive - had become well established and works such as the Huit poèmes de Jean Cocteau 1919 or the foxtrot Adieu New York! 1919 show how he can be considered along with Poulenc the group's most typical representative. On hearing his 1921 incidental music for Molière's comédie-ballet Les fâcheux Diaghilev asked him to transform it into a ballet. First performed in Monte Carlo . it shows a facility for mood creation and a virtuosity in the manipulation of highly varied material that presages his film music. Other successful ballets followed: Les matelots 1924 and La pastorale 1925 for Diaghilev Les enchantements de la fée d'Alcine 1928 for Ida Rubinstein ." Jeremy Drake in Grove Music Online. <br/><br/>Examples of Les Facheux on Hollande van Gelder with particularly strong color to the plates are quite rare with no copies recorded in ABPC as having coming to auction since at least 1977. Éditions des Quatre Chemins unknown books
19302043Ballets Russes Georges-Michel Michel; Waldemar George; and Nathalie Gontcharova. <b>Les Ballets Russes de Serge de Diaghilew par Michel Georges-Michel Waldemar George / Le Costume Théatral par Nathalie Gontcharova</b>. Paris: Pierre Vorms 1930. First Edition First Printing. <br /><br />Small Quarto 10 5/8 x 7 3/8 inches; 270 x 185 mm 31 1 pages in printed wrappers. <br /><br />A sumptuously illustrated tribute to Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes issued in 1930 one year after his death. Diaghilev rendered here as Diaghilew created one of the world's most innovative ballet and opera companies and hired some of the greatest artists of the 20th century to design sets and costumes. <br /><br />Artists represented here include Picasso Laurencin Braque Derain de Chirico Rouault Bakst and others. The book features 19 plates depicting sets and costumes with four of the plates in color. There is also a photo of Diaghilev taken several days before his death at the young age of 57. <br /><br />Michel Georges-Michel and Waldemar George have written introductions while Nathalie Gontcharova has written about costumes; the book is illustrated with several of her designs for sets and costumes. There is also a complete list of the troupe's productions and a list of all the artists who designed sets and costumes. All text is in French. <br /><br />This book should not be confused with a 1955 revised edition. An altogether wonderful tribute to the Ballets Russes. <br /><br />CONDITION: Light edge wear toning to the wrappers especially the lower wrapper. Internally clean bright and unmarked. A beautiful Near Fine copy. Pierre Vorms paperback books
1927983772Diaghilev. Program. For 28 Mai <b>Le Triomphe de Neptune</b> music by Berners book by Sitwell decors and costume after the brothers Cruikshank Tofts Honigold and Wells. Choreography by Georges Balanchine. Cast list includes Danilova Lifar Tchernicheva Idzikovsky and others.<br /><br />Quarto. 9 ½ x 12" lightly soiled and worn at corners a few stains back cover. Front cover in color based on 19th century children's illustrations. General title page 10 Galas des Ballets Russes. Théâtre Sarah-Bernhardt. Xxe Saison de Serge de Diaghilew. 1927. Programs schedules for 17 Mai through 9 Juin 1927 are included. Nice photos of Olg Spessiva Leonide Massine Lydia Sokolova as well as Danilova Balanchine ads.<br /> Ballets Russes books
1922004588Paris: M. De Brunoff 1922. Folio green silk over thick beveled boards with large inset color illustration from Natalia Goncharova's design for "Firebird". Endpapers color- stenciled with names of the dances dancers composers and choreographers and in the center that of the impresario Serge Diaghilev. Silk faded; a little edge wear to bottom of front board. An exceptionally nice copy of this magnificent book. A compilation of the most important special issues of the theatrical periodical "Comoedia Illustré" and souvenir programs for the 1909-1921 seasons of the Ballets Russes compiled by the program publishers themselves Maurice and Jacques de Brunoff Explanatory forewords by the critic Valerian Svetlov. Lavishly illustrated with photographs and black and white and splendid color plates some heightened with gilt and silver of the dancers costumes and stage decor. Work by Léon Bakst Valentine Hugo André Derain Alexandre Benois Mikhail Larionov. Natalia Goncharova José Sert Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso. Dancers include Vaslav Nijinsky Tamara Karsavina Michael and Vera Fokine and Ida Rubenstein. Léon Bakst's brilliantly exotic and vivid designs for costumes and stage design revolutionized theater and fashion in the first quarter of the 20th century drawing on Neo-Russian Orientalist and ancient Greek motifs. The May 1917 issue is devoted primarily to the ballet "Parade". In his introduction "Parade et l'Esprit Nouveau" Guillaume Apollinaire coins the term "surrealism" laying the foundation for this movement. "Parade" is a collaboration among Erik Satie Jean Cocteau Pablo Picasso Léonide Massine and Serge Diaghilev. Picasso's costumes are depicted in two pochoir-colored plates: "Costume de Chinois" and "Costume d'Acrobate". A copy is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art rebound without the original cover plaque by Goncharova and another copy is featured in the 2019 exhibition "Hymn to Apollo/The Ancient World and the Ballets Russes" at the NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient World. Illustrated Boards. Near Fine. Folio. M. De Brunoff Hardcover books
1922193327M. De Brunoff; Paris 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Acceptable. Heavily worn boards. Silk covering the beveled boards is separating from the boards in many places and faded in color- Front board illustration has dust soiling but colors are bright and unfaded. Binding is beginning to crack at some places hinges not started. Name is written at the top corner of the front pastedown- no other marks or notations. The 8pp of "L'Apres Midi di Faune" are loose but included the following program Comoedia Illustre 10pp "Le Carnaval" and "Daphnis et Chloe" is missing. All other pages and programs are present. Beautiful collection of art and performers of that era- Leon Bakst Natalia Goncharova Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso to name a few with Vaslav Nijinsky Tamara Karsavina and Ida Rubenstein as a few of the featured performers/dancers. More photos available upon request. M. De Brunoff; Paris hardcover books
1922307356Paris: M. de Brunoff 1922. Profusely illustrated with full-color covers mounted and full-page plates and photographs. 187 of 188 leaves. Folio. Original cloth with inlaid illustrated upper cover from "The Firebird" by Natalia Gontcharova. Covers and spine rubbed and soiled internally fine but lacking cover for Ballets Russes program from May 1921 featuring Picasso illustration on recto and verso. Bakst Léon. Profusely illustrated with full-color covers mounted and full-page plates and photographs. 187 of 188 leaves. Folio. An outstanding visual record of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes and Ida Rubinstein's Galas Russes in their most influential years lavishly illustrated with the works of Bakst Gontcharova Larionov Picasso Matisse Massine Derain and others. The collection is comprised of special issues of the theatrical periodical "Comoedia Illustré" and souvenir programs devoted to Ballets Russes and Rubinstein's Galas Russes for the seasons 1909-1921 with introductory letterpress text for each season by V. Svetloff. With splendid color and gilt illustrations of costume and set designs as well as numerous photographic portraits of dancers and production artists. Bakst is the most frequently represented artist in the group; the illustration inlaid to the upper cover is by Natalia Gontcharova. M. de Brunoff unknown books
194926970Paris France: Ballets De Paris 1949. 24 pages; illustrated in color and black and white by Leonor Fini & Antoni Clavie also with photos of performers; French text. Laid-in is a two-sided printed Programme des 19 20 et 22 Aout performances. Guide is approx. 9 1/4" x 12 1/4" size; illustrated glassine overwrap over softcover with titles in blue & white spine with decorative white silk cord; white & blue cover titles. Closed edge-tear to glassine; old fold-crease to back cover & a few inner leaves; in good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. Illus. by Leonor Fini. Ballets De Paris paperback books
1928983775Diaghilev. Ballets Russes. Program Le Pas D'Achier Ode Noces. for 6 Juin 1928 <br /><br />Cover in blue with raised surface design by Pavel Tchelitchew General title page for X XIe Saison des Ballets Russes de Serge de Diaghilew. Théatre Sarah-Bernhardt 1928<br />Quarto. 9 3/4" X 12". 42pp incl covers Slight soiling corners a bit bumped. Ink inscription Slight stains to inside covers and general title Very good copy. <br />With cast list and full details for Le Pas D'Achier Ode Noces. Ads. Photos of Le Chatte scenery. Full page photos of Lubov Tchernicheva Serge Lifar Alexandra Danilova Léonide Massine George Balanchine Alicia Markova Vera Savina Constantin Tcherkass <br /><br /> Ballets Russes books