Research Catalog
Revenge
- Title
- Revenge [graphic].
- Author
- Clavé, Antoni, 1913-2005.
- Publication
- [1951]
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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 | *MGZGE Cla A Rev 1 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Description
- 1 painting on cardboard : gouache, color; 42 x 65 cm.
- Summary
- Design for curtain.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Set design drawings.
- Source (note)
- Ruth Page.
- Biography (note)
- Ruth Page's ballet Revenge, also called Revanche (music, Giuseppe Verdi, arranged by Isaac Van Grove; scenario, Page and Nicolas Remisoff) was an adaptation of Verdi's opera Il trovatore. The ballet's original production was given as a work-in-progress by the Page-Stone-Camryn Ballet in Chicago in Jan. 1951, without scenery but with costumes by Remisoff, Page's longtime collaborator. Antoni Clavé designed the sets and costumes for the final version, which was first performed by Les Ballets des Champs-Elysées in Paris in Oct. 1951. The Ruth Page Ballets company presented the ballet in the United States in 1955.
- Antoni Clavé, born in Barcelona, was a Catalan painter, sculptor, printmaker, illustrator, and stage designer.
- Call Number
- *MGZGE Cla A Rev 1
- OCLC
- 824621901
- Author
- Clavé, Antoni, 1913-2005.
- Title
- Revenge [graphic].
- Imprint
- [1951]
- Biography
- Ruth Page's ballet Revenge, also called Revanche (music, Giuseppe Verdi, arranged by Isaac Van Grove; scenario, Page and Nicolas Remisoff) was an adaptation of Verdi's opera Il trovatore. The ballet's original production was given as a work-in-progress by the Page-Stone-Camryn Ballet in Chicago in Jan. 1951, without scenery but with costumes by Remisoff, Page's longtime collaborator. Antoni Clavé designed the sets and costumes for the final version, which was first performed by Les Ballets des Champs-Elysées in Paris in Oct. 1951. The Ruth Page Ballets company presented the ballet in the United States in 1955.Antoni Clavé, born in Barcelona, was a Catalan painter, sculptor, printmaker, illustrator, and stage designer.
- Local Note
- For Clavé's set and costume designs for Revanche, see: *MGZGB Cla A Rev 1-25.Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
- Source
- Gift; Ruth Page.
- Added Author
- Page, Ruth, 1899-1991. Donor
- Research Call Number
- *MGZGE Cla A Rev 1