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535 - Théâtre du Châtelet [...]. Seventh Russian season organized by Mr. Serge de Diaghilew [...]. Paris: M. de Brunoff, 1912; In-4° (rare and very slight foxing; trace of gluing with a slight missing section on a double leaf; rare handwritten annotations in pencil). Bound in a double illustrated cover with a cream-colored silk cord (the first cover is exceptionally fresh; a few pinholes, minor soiling, creases, and very slight tears on the top cover). A fine copy. Official program for the 16 gala performances held from May 13 to June 10, 1912, under the direction of M. Fokine and L. Bakst. The cover features a portrait of Nijinsky by Léon Bakst; numerous illustrations of costumes and sets based on the original drawings, gouaches, and watercolors by Georges Lepape, André E. Marty, and Léon Bakst, including 11 in color and 1 spanning two pages; numerous black-and-white photographic reproductions of performers (Nijinsky, Karsavina, etc.). The included sub-programs are those of “Daphnis and Chloe,” “Scheherazade,” “Afternoon of a Faun,” and “The Spectre of the Rose.”

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€400 - 600

Sale fees

30%

Théâtre du Châtelet [...]. Seventh Russian season organized by Mr. Serge de Diaghilew [...]. Paris: M. de Brunoff, 1912; In-4° (rare and very slight foxing; trace of gluing with a slight missing section on a double leaf; rare handwritten annotations in pencil). Bound in a double illustrated cover with a cream-colored silk cord (the first cover is exceptionally fresh; a few pinholes, minor soiling, creases, and very slight tears on the top cover). A fine copy. Official program for the 16 gala performances held from May 13 to June 10, 1912, under the direction of M. Fokine and L. Bakst. The cover features a portrait of Nijinsky by Léon Bakst; numerous illustrations of costumes and sets based on the original drawings, gouaches, and watercolors by Georges Lepape, André E. Marty, and Léon Bakst, including 11 in color and 1 spanning two pages; numerous black-and-white photographic reproductions of performers (Nijinsky, Karsavina, etc.). The included sub-programs are those of “Daphnis and Chloe,” “Scheherazade,” “Afternoon of a Faun,” and “The Spectre of the Rose.”

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Auction details

Old and rare books, literature, autographs, archives
Thursday, December 3
01:00 PM
19/2 Rue aux Laines
1000 Bruxelles, Belgium

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Arenberg Auctions +3225441055 info@arenbergauctions.com
On Drouot for more than 10 years avec More than 49,000 lots published

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