Research Catalog

Title

The triumph of chastity [graphic].

Publication

[1954?]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Fini, Leonor, 1908-1996.
• Turbyfill, Mark, 1896-1990.

Description

• 7 drawings (5 sheets) : ink, graphite, watercolor, color; 41 x 33 cm.
• 1 painting : gouache, color ;

Summary

Designs for Ruth Page's ballet The triumph of chastity. Includes: Seven costume design drawings (on five sheets) by Leonor Fini, depicting the roles of the bird, unicorn, Cerberus (dog with multiple heads), and a female character crowned with a crescent. One set design by Mark Turbyfill, depicting a fantastic landscape. Turbyfill's design may not have been used, or may have been made for a later production of the ballet.

Subject

• Page, Ruth, 1899-1991
• Ballet Guild of Chicago
• Triumph of chastity (Choreographic work : Page)

Genre/Form

• Costume design drawings.
• Set design drawings.

Source (note)

• Ruth Page.

Biography (note)

• The triumph of chastity (choreography, Ruth Page; music, Jacques ibert) was first presented, with sets and costumes by Leonor Fini, by the Ballet Guild of Chicago in Dec. 1954.

Call Number

*MGZGE Tri 1-6

OCLC

824947808

Title

The triumph of chastity [graphic].

Imprint

[1954?]

Biography

The triumph of chastity (choreography, Ruth Page; music, Jacques ibert) was first presented, with sets and costumes by Leonor Fini, by the Ballet Guild of Chicago in Dec. 1954.

Local Note

For additional costume designs by Leonor Fini, see: *MGZGA Fin L Tri 1-20.

Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

Source

Gift; Ruth Page.

Added Author

Fini, Leonor, 1908-1996. Costume designer

Turbyfill, Mark, 1896-1990. Designer

Page, Ruth, 1899-1991. Donor

Research Call Number

*MGZGE Tri 1-6