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383 - 19 programs of the [American] Ballet Theatre.

Estimation 400 € - 500 €

Description

19 programs of the [American] Ballet Theatre. 4to (a few dog-eared pp., a few sm. stains, scattered handwritten notes in some booklets, a few loose and a few creased pp., otherwise in very good condition). - An exceptional, complete collection of programs from the Ballet Theatre company, founded in New York in 1940, up until the creation of the American Ballet Theatre, which succeeded it in 1957. 2 different versions of the Fourteenth Season booklet. Cover illustrations by renowned artists such as Marc Chagall, Marcel Vertès, Eugène Berman or Paul Cadmus. Scenery, curtain, and costume designs or ballet sketches by P. Picasso, B. Aronson, N. de Molas, L. Ballard, M. Chagall, M. Doboujinsky, S. Soudeikine, O. Smith, C. Beaton, J. Mielziner, etc. Num. photographs (portraits and stage shots) of the artists including Alicia Markova, Anton Dolin, Dimitri Romanoff, Lucia Chase, Nana Gollner, Igor Youskevitch and Bambi Linn by Richard Avedon, Maurice Seymour, Anton Bruehl, George Platt Lynes, Fred Fehl. Leaflets and/or newspaper clippings are enclosed in some booklets. - Joined: 1. The [New] Mordkin Ballet : Seasons 1937-1938 and 1938-1939. NY, R. Orthwine Corp. (1 cover slightly creased and stained). Num. color and b/w sketches by Soudeikine, Sorine, Simonson etc. - 2. 2 [American] Ballet Theatre Souvenir booklets : Season 1941 ; The American Ballet Theatre Thirty-fith Anniversary, 1975. - 3. Portfolio of Portraits by George Platt Lynes, 1951-1952. Cov. design by Jean Cocteau. (24 pcs)

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Date 24/06/2026 à 13h00

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