ANDROS / [SERGE LIFAR]. Gouache and ink drawing. 1957.
13 1/2x10 1/4 inches, 35 1/4x26 cm. Condition B+: creases and abrasions in image; pin holes along left side. Hand-signed by the artist. Matted and framed.
Lifar was a Ukrainian-born French dancer, choreographer, and ballet master of the Paris Opéra Ballet. He was brought to France to join Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, where he danced until 1956, with a short absence after WWII. After retiring as a dancer, he choreographed and staged ballets for various European companies. Many of his ballets were drawn from biblical or mythological themes, and this costume design here, titled "Andros" coincides with this period of his work.
![ADOLPHE MOURON CASSANDRE (1901-1968). ANDROS / [SERGE LIFAR]. Gouache and ink drawing. 1957. 13½x10¼ inches, 35¼x26 cm.](https://catalogue.swanngalleries.com/full//159\789159.jpg)
