55. [BALLETS RUSSES, ERNST, LAURENCIN, MIRO, PRUNA, PICASSO, WOOD]
Ballets Russes at the Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt, Paris, May 18 - June 10, 1926.
beginning
25th October 2017, 17:00Starting price
€ 500
Program: Barabau (with S. Lifar, L. Woizikovsky, L. Sokolova), Noces (mit L. Tchernisheva, F. Dubrovska), Les Sylphides (F. Dubrovska, L. Tchernisheva, S. Lifar).
Les Publications Willy Fischer, L'Édition Artistique, Paris
31 x 24 cm; [20, 4] pp.: ill. Saddle stitch binding. Wrappers are inserted in transparent protective foil.
Illustration by Picasso in the front cover.
On the inside 2 full-page ill. by P. Picasso, 1 full-page ill. by M. Ernst, 1 small ill. by J. Miro. 4 small ill. by P. Pruna: Costume design for „La Pastorale“; Portrait of Alice Nikitina; Portrait of S. Lifar as Sailor.
Loosely inserted double-sided program on June 30, 1926: Barabau, Noces, Les Sylphides. Inserted cardstock leaf with mounted colored ill. by M. Laurencin for „Les Biches“.
On the 1st page blue ink note „ [illegible word] 30.5.26”. Small tears of the spine, wrappers and text block are slightly rubbed. Loss of the lower outer corner of the front cover (ca. 1 x 1 cm). In very good overall condition.