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Maker(s):Larionov, Mikhail
Culture:Russian (1881-1964)
Title:Design for the ballet "Contes Russes" ("Children's Tales")
Date Made:1917-1918
Type:Print
Materials:Linoleum cut on a glossy paper
Measurements:Sheet: 13 7/8 x 10 in.; 35.2 x 25.4 cm; Plate: 11 1/2 x 7 in.; 29.2 x 17.8 cm
Accession Number:  AC 2001.94
Credit Line:Gift of Thomas P. Whitney (Class of 1937)
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
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Description:
Fragment of the coulisses for the Baba-Yaga scene in the ballet that was produced by the Ballet Russes company and premiered in 1917 under the title "Contes Russes" at Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris ("Russian Fairy Tales," music by Anatoly Lyadov, choreography by Léonide Massine). In 1918, a new and finalized version of the ballet was presented under the title "Children's Tales" at the Coliseum Theatre, London.

Tags:
abstract; design; nonrepresentational art

Subjects:
nonrepresentational art; Art, Abstract; Design

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