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[Cleopatra.

Title
[Cleopatra.
Author
Anisfeld, Boris Israelevich, 1879-1973.
Publication
1913]

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Still imageBy appointment only *MGZGB Ani B Cle 2Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Additional Authors
Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division. fnd
Description
Gouache and pencil; 48 x 31.8 cm.
Donor/Sponsor
Dance Committee Purchase Fund.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Costume design drawings.
Note
  • Male figure in Greek costume in second version of Fokin's ballet Cléopâtre.
  • Moving right, head downward, hands overhead each holding green leaf; wearing black Greek tunic hung over left shoulder, decorated with pink flowers inside circles, wreath of leaves in hair.
Funding (note)
  • Purchased with funds from the Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
Biography (note)
  • Fokine's Cleópatre was introduced in 1908 and 1909 in St. Petersburg and Paris with scenery by Orest Allegri and costumes by Mikhail Zandin. As far as can be discovered, the later version, with costumes and decor by Anisfeld, was staged in Stokholm and Berlin.
Exhibitions (note)
  • Exhibited: "The Decorative Idealsim of Boris Anisfeldt: Designs for Ballet, Opera, and Theatre, 1905-1926" at the Library & Museum of the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, Apr. 9 - June 29, 1968.
Call Number
*MGZGB Ani B Cle 2
OCLC
NYPY737007155-F
Author
Anisfeld, Boris Israelevich, 1879-1973.
Title
[Cleopatra.
Imprint
1913]
Biography
Fokine's Cleópatre was introduced in 1908 and 1909 in St. Petersburg and Paris with scenery by Orest Allegri and costumes by Mikhail Zandin. As far as can be discovered, the later version, with costumes and decor by Anisfeld, was staged in Stokholm and Berlin.
Exhibitions
Exhibited: "The Decorative Idealsim of Boris Anisfeldt: Designs for Ballet, Opera, and Theatre, 1905-1926" at the Library & Museum of the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, Apr. 9 - June 29, 1968.
Local Note
See exhibit hand list: *MGZR Anisfeldt, Boris. [Clippings]
Funding
Purchased with funds from the Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
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Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division. Funder
Research Call Number
*MGZGB Ani B Cle 2
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