Russian Pictures
Russian Pictures
Property from the Private Collection of Pat and Michael York
Georges Barbier
Ida Rubinstein and Vaslav Nijinsky in Scheherazade
Auction Closed
December 1, 03:47 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Private Collection of Pat and Michael York
Georges Barbier
1882 - 1932
Ida Rubinstein and Vaslav Nijinsky in Scheherazade
signed Larry and dated 1910 l.r.
ink and watercolour on paper
Sheet: 30.5 by 23.5cm, 12 by 9¼in.
Framed: 45.5 by 34.5cm, 18 by 13¾in.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owners
This illustration by Georges Barbier shows Ida Rubinstein and Vaslav Nijinsky in Scheherazade, first performed by Sergei Dhiagilev's Ballet Russes in 1910 at the Opéra Garnier in Paris. One of the shah's many wives, Zobéide, danced by Rubinstein is seduced by a slave, danced by Nijinsky.
Barbier occasionally signed his early works with the pseudonym, Edward William Larry.