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399 - Souvenir. Serge de Diaghileff's Ballet Russe.
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Estimate €200 - €300
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Souvenir. Serge de Diaghileff's Ballet Russe. With originals by Léon Bakst and others. Metropolitan Ballet Company, New York. 4vo. - 2 Souvenir Albums of Diaghilev's Ballet performances at the Metropolitan Opera (1916). A substantial series of b/w and (mostly) colour illustrations by Léon Bakst, some appearing in both volumes (1. Portrait of Serge de Diaghileff and his maid, 14 full-p. and 1 double-p. - 2. 13 full-p. and 1 double-p.), 1 costume colour plate by Robert Edmond Jones. Pages decorated throughout with ornamental frames. Num. photographs of performers, including V. Nijinsky, L. Lopokova and L. Massine. - Joined: Prospectus for Diaghileff's Ballet Russe US Tour with the Metropolitan Ballet Company, 1916 (3 pcs)
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About the sale Prints & Drawings, Photographs & Comics, Rare Books, Atlases & Manuscripts, Surrealism, Congo, Erotica & Ballets russes
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Auction time 06/24/2026 at 1:00 PM
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