Research Catalog

Title

Collection des plus beaux numéros de Comoedia illustré et des programmes consacrés aux Ballets & Galas Russes : depuis le début à Paris, 1909-1921.

Author

Brunoff, Maurice de

Publication

Paris : M. de Brunoff, éditeur, 32, rue Louis-le-Grand, 1922.

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Details

Additional Authors

Brunoff, Jacques de

Description

[380] pages : illustrations, plates, portraits (some color, some mounted); 35 cm.

Summary

A selection of printed special issues of, and supplements to, the theatrical periodical 'Comoedia illustré'. This stage, theatre and ballet monthly was published in Paris between 1908 and 1921, although it suspended publication (except for special issues or supplements) between September 1914 and October 1919. At the beginning of 1922, 'Comoedia illustré' merged with 'Le Théâtre' [published 1898-1921] and became 'Le Théâtre et comoedia illustré' [published 1922-1926]). 'Le comoedia' often devoted whole special issues to the annual Paris season of Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes and Ida Rubinstein's Galas Russes. Special supplements of the magazine were often published as programmes to new performances. These special issues and supplements were usually lavishly illustrated, often in full colour, with the costume and set designs, and portraits of the leading dancers and singers in the operas and ballets. Leading designers at different times included Natalia Goncharova, Mikhael Larionov, Léon Bakst (who was particularly prolific), Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Léonide Massine, José Maria Sert, André Derain, and other avant-garde artists.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift from the Estate of Charlotte Collins.

Uniform Title

Comoedia illustré.

Subjects

• Ballet
• Iconografie
• History
• Comoedia illustré
• Ballets russes
• France > Paris
• Les Ballets russes
• Ballet > France > Paris > Periodicals > History > 20th century

Genre/Form

History.

Note

• Editors' note signed: Maurice & Jacques de Brunoff, Paris 1922.
• A selection of covers, text, and illustrations from the periodical, bound in a cloth cover and issued in a slipcase.

Binding (note)

• Bound in publisher's pale green cloth boards with inset panel (a color printed paper label with title and image, signed N. Goncharova).

Call Number

Slav. Reserve 04-253

LCCN

23015133

OCLC

4530130

Author

Brunoff, Maurice de, editor.

Title

Collection des plus beaux numéros de Comoedia illustré et des programmes consacrés aux Ballets & Galas Russes : depuis le début à Paris, 1909-1921.

Imprint

Paris : M. de Brunoff, éditeur, 32, rue Louis-le-Grand, 1922.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Binding

Bound in publisher's pale green cloth boards with inset panel (a color printed paper label with title and image, signed N. Goncharova). NN

Local Note

Slipcase lacking.

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Added Author

Brunoff, Jacques de, editor.

Brunoff, Maurice de, editor, publisher.

Added Title

Comoedia illustré.

Research Call Number

Slav. Reserve 04-253