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[BALLETS RUSSES, BAKST, DERAIN, MARTY, PICASSO] Les Ballets Russes at the l'Opéra de Paris, 11th Season, December 1919 - January/February 1920. 25 Performances.

Double issue. Comœdia Illustré / Michel de Brunhoff, Imprimérie Kapp, Paris. 32 x 24,5 cm; [56, 4] pp.: ill. Saddle stitch binding with orange twisted cord. Wrappers in the protective transparent paper leaf. Text block consists of coated stock leaves, part of them with gold ornamental frames, single elements of illustrations are printed in gold too. Inserted advertisement of performance „Shéhérazade“. Inserted double-sided program on February 16, 1919: La Boutique Fantasque, Le Chant du Rossignol (with choréography by M. Fokine), Le Tricorne (with choréography by M. Fokine). The front cover with illustration by Picasso. On the inside costume and set designs for performances „Le Tricorne“, „Les Femmes de Bonne Humeur“, „La Boutique Fantasque“ and „Shéhérazade“, portraits of L. Massine, A. Derain, T. Karsavina, I. Rubinstein: 1 small and 2 full-page ill. by L. Bakst, 3 small, 3 full-page and 1 double page spread ill. by A. Derain, 1 ill. by A. Marty, 5 full-page and 4 small ill. by Picasso, numerous photographs. Front cover and the 1st leaf, 1 double page are detached from the text block, staples rusted and weakened. Text block ia slightly soiled and yellowed.