Research Catalog
Icare
- Title
- Icare [graphic] / Charchoune.
- Author
- Charchoune, Serge, 1888-1975.
- Publication
- [196-?]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Still image | Supervised use | *MGZGB Cha S Ica 1 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Description
- 1 print : lithograph, one col.; 64 x 45 cm., image 22 x 20 cm.
- Summary
- Non-figurative image, incorporating Serge Lifar's name in Cyrillic characters.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Lithographs.
- Note
- Signed on stone.
- Limited edition of 50.
- Biography (note)
- The Greek myth of Icarus, who met his doom through flying too close to the sun, inspired choreographer Serge Lifar to create and compose the ballet Icare, in which he also danced the title role. First presented at the Paris Opéra in 1935 with scenery and costumes by Paul R. Larthe, it was revived at the Opéra in 1962 with new designs by Pablo Picasso; Attilio Labis danced the title role. Lifar had left his imprint on the ballet, however, and in 1966 the Librairie-Galerie Gilberte Cournand in Paris presented an exhibition titled Autour de Serge Lifar: vingt-deux variations sur Icare par Charchoune, featuring works by the Russian-born artist Serge Charchoune. This lithograph may have been made for the exhibition. Charchoune began his career in Moscow but moved to Paris, where he was active for most of his life. He studied Cubism, which became a dominant influence on his work, and was involved for a time with the Dada movement.
- Call Number
- *MGZGB Cha S Ica 1
- OCLC
- 756658633
- Author
- Charchoune, Serge, 1888-1975.
- Title
- Icare [graphic] / Charchoune.
- Imprint
- [196-?]
- Biography
- The Greek myth of Icarus, who met his doom through flying too close to the sun, inspired choreographer Serge Lifar to create and compose the ballet Icare, in which he also danced the title role. First presented at the Paris Opéra in 1935 with scenery and costumes by Paul R. Larthe, it was revived at the Opéra in 1962 with new designs by Pablo Picasso; Attilio Labis danced the title role. Lifar had left his imprint on the ballet, however, and in 1966 the Librairie-Galerie Gilberte Cournand in Paris presented an exhibition titled Autour de Serge Lifar: vingt-deux variations sur Icare par Charchoune, featuring works by the Russian-born artist Serge Charchoune. This lithograph may have been made for the exhibition. Charchoune began his career in Moscow but moved to Paris, where he was active for most of his life. He studied Cubism, which became a dominant influence on his work, and was involved for a time with the Dada movement.
- Local Note
- Library has no. 26, signed on stone and in pencil.Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
- Research Call Number
- *MGZGB Cha S Ica 1