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543 - National Opera Theater. The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian [...]. Paris: M. de Brunoff, 1923. Large 8vo (slight creasing and minute traces of rust around the staples). Bound in an illustrated cover and gilded textured glassine (cover slightly soiled; glassine paper punctured and worn). Program for this mystery play by Gabriele d’Annunzio, set to music by Claude Debussy, for the June 1923 performances at the Opéra (with Ida Rubinstein in the title role). Cover and 5 full-page drawings and watercolors by Léon Bakst for the set and costume designs of the work. Portraits of Gabriele D’Annunzio by Antonio Argnani, of Claude Debussy by Ivan Thiele, and of Léon Bakst by Pablo Picasso. Enclosed: 2 programs featuring Ida Rubinstein. In-4° or in-8°. Bound, with illustrated cover. Good overall condition. - 1. Official program for “La Pisanelle” (G. d’Annunzio) at the Théâtre du Châtelet, June 1913. Portrait of I. Rubinstein by La Gandara on the cover. Drawings and watercolors by Bakst (costumes and sets for the production) reproduced in full-page and double-page spreads. - 2. Madame Ida Rubinstein’s Ballets at the National Academy of Music and Dance, April–May 1934. Costume sketches by I. Rubinstein, illustrated by Dimitri Bouchène (cover) and André Barsacq (full page). (3 items)
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National Opera Theater. The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian [...]. Paris: M. de Brunoff, 1923. Large 8vo (slight creasing and minute traces of rust around the staples). Bound in an illustrated cover and gilded textured glassine (cover slightly soiled; glassine paper punctured and worn). Program for this mystery play by Gabriele d’Annunzio, set to music by Claude Debussy, for the June 1923 performances at the Opéra (with Ida Rubinstein in the title role). Cover and 5 full-page drawings and watercolors by Léon Bakst for the set and costume designs of the work. Portraits of Gabriele D’Annunzio by Antonio Argnani, of Claude Debussy by Ivan Thiele, and of Léon Bakst by Pablo Picasso. Enclosed: 2 programs featuring Ida Rubinstein. In-4° or in-8°. Bound, with illustrated cover. Good overall condition. - 1. Official program for “La Pisanelle” (G. d’Annunzio) at the Théâtre du Châtelet, June 1913. Portrait of I. Rubinstein by La Gandara on the cover. Drawings and watercolors by Bakst (costumes and sets for the production) reproduced in full-page and double-page spreads. - 2. Madame Ida Rubinstein’s Ballets at the National Academy of Music and Dance, April–May 1934. Costume sketches by I. Rubinstein, illustrated by Dimitri Bouchène (cover) and André Barsacq (full page). (3 items)
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