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[Waslaw Nijinsky as Harlequin]
- Title
- [Waslaw Nijinsky as Harlequin] [graphic] / Ernst Oppler.
- Author
- Oppler, Ernst.
- Publication
- [191-?]
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division. fnd
- Description
- 2 prints : drypoint, b&w; 30 x 23 cm. or smaller, image 18 x 14 cm. or smaller.
- Summary
- Action drawings of the legendary Russian ballet dancer Waslaw Nijinsky in the role of Harlequin in Michel Fokine's ballet Le carnaval. In one print he stands in an insouciant pose, his head turned to the right, arms akimbo, one leg crossed over the other. In the other print he is jumping with arms outstretched.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Dance Committee Purchase Fund.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Etchings.
- Note
- Signed in pencil.
- Both prints were issued in limited editions of 100.
- The print of Nijinsky standing is labeled in pencil: VI/7 Carneval [sic] Schumann H. [?] Harlekin II. 12.5.19.
- The print of Nijinsky jumping is labeled in pencil: Series VI/6.
- Title devised by cataloger.
- Funding (note)
- Purchased with funds from the Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
- Biography (note)
- Le carnaval (choreography and scenario, Michel Fokine; music, Robert Schumann; scenery and costumes, Léon Bakst) was first performed at a charity ball in St. Petersburg in February 1910, and was given its western European premiere at the Paris Opéra in May 1910 by Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. Waslaw [also spelled Vaslav] Nijinsky danced the role of Harlequin at this premiere. As seen in these prints, his costume incorporated the lozenge pattern traditionally worn by the character Harlequin in the commedia dell'arte.
- Ernst Oppler, 1867-1929, was a German painter and printmaker. The Ballets Russes became one of his favorite subjects beginning in 1912, and he made numerous drawings and etchings of the performances he attended in Berlin, where he made his home. He portrayed many stars of the Russian ballet, among them Anna Pavlova, Waslaw Nijinsky, and Tamara Karsavina.
- Call Number
- *MGZGD Opp E Nij 1-2
- OCLC
- 824752195
- Author
- Oppler, Ernst.
- Title
- [Waslaw Nijinsky as Harlequin] [graphic] / Ernst Oppler.
- Imprint
- [191-?]
- Funding
- Purchased with funds from the Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
- Biography
- Le carnaval (choreography and scenario, Michel Fokine; music, Robert Schumann; scenery and costumes, Léon Bakst) was first performed at a charity ball in St. Petersburg in February 1910, and was given its western European premiere at the Paris Opéra in May 1910 by Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. Waslaw [also spelled Vaslav] Nijinsky danced the role of Harlequin at this premiere. As seen in these prints, his costume incorporated the lozenge pattern traditionally worn by the character Harlequin in the commedia dell'arte.Ernst Oppler, 1867-1929, was a German painter and printmaker. The Ballets Russes became one of his favorite subjects beginning in 1912, and he made numerous drawings and etchings of the performances he attended in Berlin, where he made his home. He portrayed many stars of the Russian ballet, among them Anna Pavlova, Waslaw Nijinsky, and Tamara Karsavina.
- Local Note
- Print of Nijinsky standing: Library has no. 17.Print of Nijinsky jumping: Library has no. 40.Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
- Added Author
- Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division. Funder
- Research Call Number
- *MGZGD Opp E Nij 1-2