{"product_id":"25456-nijinsky-waslaw-original-photograph","title":"Nijinsky, Waslaw. (1889-1950) Original Photograph (Vienna, 1945)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eOriginal silver gelatin photograph of the famous dancer on the grounds of Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna in 1945. With credit stamp of United Press International Photo to verso and in very fine condition. Others images from this setting and series of Nijinsky are credited to Lee Miller and while not credited by name on the print, we believe this image to have likewise been taken by her. In very fine condition.  8 x 10 inches; 20.5 x 25.5 cm. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNow \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eregarded as the greatest male dancer of the early 20th century, Nijinsky was d\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eiagnosed with \"schizophrenia\" at the peak of his stardom and his final performance took place in 1919. About his performance, he said to his wife, “This will be my wedding with God.” Nijinsky danced strange, frightening parts, made a velvet cross on the stage, and at the end said, “The horse is tired.” He never performed anywhere else. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe remainder of his life consisted of moving \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003efrom one sanatorium or clinic to another. His wife devotedly looked after him and hoped to cure him, but nothing helped.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt the end of the Second World War in Vienna, American photographer Lee Miller found him living in Vienna, writing \"\u003c\/span\u003eNijinsky [is] living at the Hotel Sacher with his nurse. You probably read the press stories that they had been shot...and the recent ones about being found in Sopron...where he spoke for the first time and danced around a fire in his excitement at seeing Russian soldiers.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \"story\" Lee writes of, where Nijinsky began to speak and dance, marked the end of a long silence the dancer had maintained during years of severe mental illness. Nijinsky's wife, Romola, had arranged a hiding place in which to wait out the war when they were shocked to find out about the brutal Nazi treatment of the \"incurably insane.\" In her dispatches, Lee writes that they even hid \"under a larger table cloth which was dragged to the floor\" when the police came. \u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62666661658783,"sku":"25456","price":1200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Nijinsky_WaslawPhotographVienna25456.jpg?v=1770669564","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/25456-nijinsky-waslaw-original-photograph","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}