An antique gold vessel and cover presented to the great dancer and choreographer after the premiere of Debussy's Jeux in 1913. Designed as a stylized urn, the vessel bears the presentation engraving: "Vaslav Nijinsky/Jeux/Theatre des Champs-Elysees/le 15 mai, 1913" above a pair of crossed tennis rackets and a tennis ball. Solid 14K gold with maker's mark. 9 inches (23 cm) high. Deaccessioned from the collection of the Metropolitan Opera Guild, for whom it was purchased by Mrs. John E. Long, in memory of Lily O. Pforzheimer. Read More...
Berlin; Moscou; St. Pétersbourg: Édition Russe de Musique (Russischer Musikverlag G.M.B.H.). 1913. First edition. Upright folio. 1f., 89pp [PN] 196. Hardcover. Wrappers mounted over tan buckram boards. Corners of boards nicked, tape affixed to lower spine, two small holes to the half title, else clean and in a good state. DeLerma S3, p. 80. CPM 54 p.444; Kirchmeyer: "Kommentiertes Verzeichnis Der Werke & Werkausgaben Igor Strawinskys bis 1971," pp.115-126. The first edition of the corrected version, published within a year of the first version. The full score was not published until 1921. Read More...
Rare original photograph postcard of the great Ballets Russes dancer, shown in costume for Albrecht in Act 1 of Giselle, which caused Nijinsky's dismissal from the Imperial Theatres, 1910. Photographed by Leiser of Berlin and issued by Augener of London. Very fine. 3.5 x 5.5 inches (8.8 x 13.5 cm). Read More...
Enormous Mishkin of NY photographic portrait of Nijinsky in the title role of the ballet Petrouchka, 1911. Photograph printed at a later date, likely last quarter of the 20th century, for use in an unidentified exhibition. Mounted edge to edge on board to the astounding larger-than-life dimensions of 40 x 88 x 2.5 inches! With numerous small nicks and tears and abrasions to the edges, but overall in very good condition. To stand in front of this image, printed to such a scale, is an experience not to be forgotten! **Please note that this work will require professional crating and shipping at a cost to be billed to the buyer separately. Read More...
Vintage photograph of the great dancer printed on matte photo paper stock, apparently a photograph of a laid down trimmed program photograph. Probably printed ca. 1940s but undated. Corners perished, edges chipped and torn, image itself in good shape. 8 x 10 inches (21 x 27 cm). Read More...
Rare original period Russian photograph postcard of the great Ballets Russes dancer as he appeared in the historic first production of Fokine's Les Sylphides by Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, premiered 2 June 1909 at Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, together with Tamara Karsavina, Anna Pavlova, and Alexandra Baldina. Light toning, scratches, wear to lower left corner, small fold to upper right, else fine. 3.5 x 5.5 inches (8.8 x 13.5 cm). Read More...
Autograph letter composed in the hand of Romola Nijinsky on behalf of Waslaw Nijinsky and signed by Waslaw Nijinsky. 2 pp (recto/verso), dated 30 September, 1916 and addressed to Frederick Herman Martens (1874-1932). On stationary for The Biltmore in New York, translated from the French, in full: "Dear sir, I just now received your letter from the 23rd, and I appreciate your lovely offer to dedicate your book to me. I accept with pleasure, and I hope that in attending the rehearsals of my new works, you will have the occasion to discover new perspectives on modern ballet./ With best remembrances,/ W. Nijinsky". Signed letters from Nijinsky, are of the utmost rarity. Read More...
Halftone postcard photograph of Nijinsky in Fokine's "Le Spectre de la rose," signed in brown ink to the lower mount "W Nijinsky / 1916." Sight: 5.25" H x 3.25" W Frame: 11.75: H x 9.5" W. A fine signed example of an iconic image, uncredited on the present example, but the photograph taken by Rudolph Balogh during the Ballets Russes March season in Budapest, March, 1913. Read More...