Research Catalog

Title

La sylphide, Acte 2e [graphic] : (décoration de Ciceri) / Buttura.

Author

Buttura, Eugène Ferdinand, 1812-1852.

Publication

1832.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Cicéri, Pierre-Luc-Charles, 1782-1868.
• Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division. fnd

Description

1 print : lithograph, b&w; 23 x 33 cm.

Summary

Scene from the second act of Filippo Taglioni's ballet La sylphide, set in the verdant forest that is the sylphides' home. At center is a shadowy male figure, probably James, the ballet's hero. Kneeling before him with her face in her hands is the sylphide. This picture may depict the moment after James has given her an enchanted scarf that was intended to keep her at his side, but has malevolent effects unsuspected by him.

Donor/Sponsor

Dance Committee Purchase Fund.

Subjects

• Sylphide (Choreographic work : Taglioni, F)
• Lithographs
• Opéra de Paris > Ballet

Genre/Form

Lithographs.

Note

• At top: Album de l'Opéra, Planche 3.
• At lower right: Lith. d'A. Didion.

Funding (note)

• Purchased with funds from the Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

Biography (note)

• La sylphide (choreography, Filippo Taglioni; music, Jean Schneitzhoeffer; scenery, Pierre Cicéri; costumes, Eugène Lami), the ballet most closely identified with the Romantic period in dance, was first presented at the Paris Opéra in 1832, with Marie Taglioni, the choreographer's daughter, in the title role. Joseph Mazilier, later an important choreographer in his own right, danced the ill-fated James.
• Born in Paris of Italian parentage, the painter Eugene Buttura was the son of author Antonio Buttura. Among the subjects he painted were mythological themes and landscapes.

Call Number

*MGZFA-19 But E Syl 1

OCLC

780431092

Author

Buttura, Eugène Ferdinand, 1812-1852.

Title

La sylphide, Acte 2e [graphic] : (décoration de Ciceri) / Buttura.

Imprint

1832.

Biography

La sylphide (choreography, Filippo Taglioni; music, Jean Schneitzhoeffer; scenery, Pierre Cicéri; costumes, Eugène Lami), the ballet most closely identified with the Romantic period in dance, was first presented at the Paris Opéra in 1832, with Marie Taglioni, the choreographer's daughter, in the title role. Joseph Mazilier, later an important choreographer in his own right, danced the ill-fated James.

Born in Paris of Italian parentage, the painter Eugene Buttura was the son of author Antonio Buttura. Among the subjects he painted were mythological themes and landscapes.

Local Note

Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

For Buttura's depiction of the first act of La sylphide, see: *MGZFX But E Syl 1

Funding

Purchased with funds from the Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

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Added Author

Cicéri, Pierre-Luc-Charles, 1782-1868. Associated name

Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division. Funder

Research Call Number

*MGZFA-19 But E Syl 1