[Ballets Russes] Hoppé, Emil Otto. (1878–1972) & Bert, Auguste. [Nijinsky, Waslaw. (1889–1950) & Karsavina, Tamara. (1885–1978) & Diaghilev, Sergei. (1872–1929)]
Studies from the Russian Ballet - SIGNED BY KARSAVINA
London: The Fine Art Society. [ca. 1911]. Collection of richly printed photogravures of Ballets Russes dancers by one of the most important portrait photographers of the era. Printed title and fifteen photogravures (each approx. 23.5 x 19 cm), tipped onto individual mounts, loose as issued. Grey paper portfolio (38.5 x 27 cm), with gilt plate to front. The legendary ballerina Tamara Karsavina has signed on the mount beneath her photograph as she appeared in Firebird. Derra de Moroda 1333. Leslie I, 229. Magriel 123.The five Diaghilev stars included in this collection are Vaslav Nijinsky, Adolph Bolm, Tamara Karsavina and Madame de Fedorova as seen in L'oiseau de feu, Thamar, Le spectre de la Rose, Le Pavillon d'Armide, Le Carnaval, Price Igor, Cleopatra, and Sheherazade. (15009)
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