May 05, 2011 - Sale 2246

Sale 2246 - Lot 72

Unsold
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
VARIOUS ARTISTS BALLETS & GALAS RUSSES A PARIS 1909-1921. 1922.
13 1/4x10 1/4 inches, 33x26 cm. M. de Brunoff, Paris.
Condition B+.
An exceptional compendium presented in scrapbook form, although printed in many copies, of the "most beautiful issues of [the French theatre magazine] Comoedia Illustré and the programs devoted to the Ballets and Galas Russes since its debut in Paris." Lavishly and profusely illustrated in color and black-and-white, with costume and set designs by Leon Bakst, photographs, and two aquarelles by Picasso. The original magazines are both bound-in and tipped-in.