Sumptuous souvenir program published by the Metropolitan Ballet Company for the first American tour of the Ballets Russes. 9 x 12 inches. 36 pages, including many full-color illustrations of costumes and scenery by Leon Bakst and others as well as introductions to a number of ballets including: 'Le Pavillon D'Armide'; 'L'Oiseau De Feu'; 'Les Sylphides and Papillons'; 'Le Spectre de la Rose'; 'Narcisse'; 'Schéhérazade'; 'Sadko'; 'Thamar'; 'Le Carnaval of Schumann'; 'Prince Igor'; 'Petrouchka'; 'Snégourotchka'; 'Daphne et Chloe'; 'L'Après-Midi d'un Faune'; 'Le Dieu Bleu'; and 'Cléopâtre'. Printed on heavy ivory uncoated paper, the cover of thick mottled grey paper, with embossed lettering and a figure of a seated Buddha. Program is complete and in very fine condition.
Sumptuous souvenir program published by the Metropolitan Ballet Company for the first American tour of the Ballets Russes. 9 x 12 inches. 36 pages, including many full-color illustrations of costumes and scenery by Leon Bakst and others as well as introductions to a number of ballets including: 'Le Pavillon D'Armide'; 'L'Oiseau De Feu'; 'Les Sylphides and Papillons'; 'Le Spectre de la Rose'; 'Narcisse'; 'Schéhérazade'; 'Sadko'; 'Thamar'; 'Le Carnaval of Schumann'; 'Prince Igor'; 'Petrouchka'; 'Snégourotchka'; 'Daphne et Chloe'; 'L'Après-Midi d'un Faune'; 'Le Dieu Bleu'; and 'Cléopâtre'. Printed on heavy ivory uncoated paper, the cover of thick mottled grey paper, with embossed lettering and a figure of a seated Buddha. Program is complete and in very fine condition.