Research Catalog

Title

Alexandra Danilova collection of prints [graphic].

Publication

[1784-1922]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Shepherd, Thomas H. (Thomas Hosmer)
• Rolph, John A., 1799-1862.
• Davenport, Samuel, 1783-1867.
• Timm, Vasiliĭ Fëdorovich, 1820-1895.
• Dobuzhinskiĭ, Mstislav Valerianovich, 1875-1957.
• Danilova, Alexandra, 1907-1997.

Found In

Alexandra Danilova collection.

Description

• 2 prints : engraving, hand-colored; 22 x 28 cm. or smaller.
• 1 print : engraving, b&w ;
• 3 prints : lithograph, hand-colored ;

Summary

Prints depicting non-dance subjects from the collection of Russian ballerina Alexandra Danilova.

Alternative Title

Alexandra Danilova collection. Graphics.

Subject

• Covent Garden Theatre
• Clothing and dress > Russia (Federation)
• Saint Petersburg (Russia)

Genre/Form

• Engravings.
• Lithographs.

Note

• Title devised by cataloger.

Source (note)

• Alexandra Danilova.

Biography (note)

• The donor of this collection, Alexandra Danilova, trained at the Imperial Ballet School and began her performing career in Russia, but left in 1924 with George Balanchine, for whom she was, for a time, muse and romantic partner. She danced with Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, and other ballet companies, and for many fans she epitomized the glamourous Russian ballerina. Over the course of a long career, she amassed a considerable collection of artwork, much of it bestowed upon her by colleagues and fans. Although these prints are not unique items, they reveal something of her interests and taste in art.

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of the Alexandra Danilova collection. Graphics.

Contents

[Title page for] La passion de notre Seigneur ... publiée par Chr[istian] de Mechel ... a Basle MDCCLXXXIV [1784] -- St. Petersburgh, London, published by Thomas Kelly ... , [182-?] / S[amuel] Davenport sculp. -- Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, [1828] / drawn by Tho[ma]s H. Shepherd; engraved by John Rolph -- Costumes russes. Cocher de place, Isvoschik de St. Petersbourg, publié par Daziaro à Moscou et St. Petersbourg / [signed on stone] R. [?] Timm, 1843; dess. par W. Timm; Imp. Lemercier -- Costumes russes. Laitières de Okhta, Faubg St. Petersbourg, [parallel title in Cyrillic], publié par Daziaro à Moscou et St. Petersbourg / [signed on stone] W. Timm, 1843, St. Petersbourg; dessiné par W. Timm; Imp. par Lemercier -- [Boats on the Neva] / [monogram of Mstislav Dobuzhinskiĭ at lower left], 1922.

Call Number

*MGZFX Dani 1-6

OCLC

825113491

Title

Alexandra Danilova collection of prints [graphic].

Imprint

[1784-1922]

Biography

The donor of this collection, Alexandra Danilova, trained at the Imperial Ballet School and began her performing career in Russia, but left in 1924 with George Balanchine, for whom she was, for a time, muse and romantic partner. She danced with Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, and other ballet companies, and for many fans she epitomized the glamourous Russian ballerina. Over the course of a long career, she amassed a considerable collection of artwork, much of it bestowed upon her by colleagues and fans. Although these prints are not unique items, they reveal something of her interests and taste in art.

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Alexandra Danilova collection. Graphics.

Local Note

Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

Source

Gift; Alexandra Danilova.

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Added Author

Shepherd, Thomas H. (Thomas Hosmer) Artist

Rolph, John A., 1799-1862. Engraver

Davenport, Samuel, 1783-1867. Engraver

Timm, Vasiliĭ Fëdorovich, 1820-1895.

Dobuzhinskiĭ, Mstislav Valerianovich, 1875-1957. Artist

Danilova, Alexandra, 1907-1997. Collector

Danilova, Alexandra, 1907-1997. Donor

Added Title

Alexandra Danilova collection. Graphics.

Found In:

Alexandra Danilova collection.

Research Call Number

*MGZFX Dani 1-6