Alexandre BENOIS decor for the "Petrouchka"
Books & Magazines
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2018.3.5.4.BM.OT.1930.FRDescription
Lithography page from the "Revue musicale" N°110, published in December 1930, special issue on "The Russian Ballets".Representing the decor for "Petrouchka" a ballet burlesque in four scenes. It was composed in 1910–11 and revised in 1947. Igor Stravinsky composed the music, and, with Alexandre Benois, fashioned the libretto. Michel Fokine choreographed the ballet; Benois designed the sets and costumes. Petrushka was first performed by Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris on 13 June 1911.
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PaperOrigin
1930 Paris, FranceDimensions
Length : 25 cmHeight : 17 cm