DERAIN decor for the "Boutique Fantasque"

Books & Magazines

Inventory number
2018.3.5.3.BM.OT.1930.FR
Description
Lithography page from the "Revue musicale"  N°110,  published in December 1930, special issue on "The Russian Ballets". Representing the decor for "Boutique Fantasque" also known as "The Magic Toyshop" or "The Fantastic Toyshop" a ballet in one act conceived by Léonide Massine, who devised the choreography for a libretto written with the artist André Derain. Derain also designed the décor and costumes for the ballet. Its world premiere was at the Alhambra Theatre in London on 5 June 1919, performed by Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes.
Material
Paper
Origin
1930 Paris, France
Dimensions
Length : 25 cm
Height : 17 cm
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