Vera Sabina in Sylphide, 1927

Ritratto fotografico della ballerina Vera Savina (Vera Clark) in costume di scena per il balletto Sylphide, 1927. | src Libreria antiquaria Gonelli
Ritratto fotografico della ballerina Vera Savina (Vera Clark) in costume di scena per il balletto Sylphide, 1927. | src Libreria antiquaria Gonelli

Al verso della fotografia timbri della ‘Casa d’Arte Bragaglia’ e della ‘Rivista Popolo d’Italia’, insieme ad una annotazione manoscritta, parzialmente errata, nella quale si legge il nome della Savina.

La celebre ballerina inglese (Vera Clark, in arte Savina) lavorò a Mosca nel corpo di ballo dei Ballets Russes di Diaghilev e sposò Léonide Massine (Myasin), altro grande coreografo russo. È ripresa seduta nell’atto in indossare una scarpetta. L’acconciatura, il costume di scena, il gioiello ed il bracciolo della sedia corrispondono esattamente a quelli con cui la ritrasse il pittore scozzese Herbert James Gunn nel quadro ‘Sylphide‘ (1927 – collezione privata).

On the back of the photograph, stamps of the ‘Casa d’Arte Bragaglia’ and ‘Rivista Popolo d’Italia’, together with a handwritten annotation, partially incorrect, in which the name of Savina can be read.

The famous English dancer (Vera Clark, aka Savina) worked in Moscow in the ballet troupe of Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes and married Léonide Massine (Myasin), another great Russian choreographer. She is shown sitting in the act of wearing a shoe. The hairstyle, the stage costume, the jewel and the armrest of the chair correspond exactly to those with which the Scottish painter Herbert James Gunn portrayed her in the painting ‘Sylphide‘ (1927 – private collection).

Vaslav Nijinsky as Petrushka, 1911

Photograph of Nijinsky in the title role of the ballet Petrouchka (Petrushka), 1911. [Mishkin N.Y.] | src Library of Congress
Elliott & Fry :: Vaslav Nijinsky as the Rag Doll ‘Petrouchka’ (1911). Petrushka [French: Petrouchka] premiered June 13, 1911 at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris with costume and scenery design by Alexandre Benois, music by Igor Stravinsky and choreography by Michel Fokine. | src Leo Boudreau, visit his site for more info about Petrouchka and links to the ballet’s videos
Portrait of Vaslav Nijinsky in three-quarter profile, left fist clenched before him in the title role of Petrouchka (a rag doll), 1910-1911.
Petrouchka (Choreographic work: Michel Fokine); uncredited photographer on source | src NYPL
Dover Street Studios (Photographer) :: Nijinsky, London, 1910-1911. | src NYPL
Vaslav Nijinsky in Petrushka (1911) | src San Francisco Symphony : Stravinsky Exhibition

Simone Lancret par Rudomine

Mlle. Simone Lancret (des Ballets russes). Studio Rudomine. Paris-plaisirs: revue mensuelle esthétique et humoristique Nº 7. Décembre, 1922. | src BnF ~ Gallica
Mlle. Simone Lancret (des Ballets russes). Studio Rudomine. Paris-plaisirs: revue mensuelle esthétique et humoristique Nº 7. Décembre, 1922. | src BnF ~ Gallica
Mlle. Simone Lancret (des Ballets russes). Studio Rudomine. Paris-plaisirs: revue mensuelle esthétique et humoristique Nº 7. Décembre, 1922. | src BnF ~ Gallica

Vera Fokina in Narcisse, 1914

Vera Fokine as a Young Béotienne in 'Narcisse', London, England, 1914
E.O. Hoppé :: Vera Fokine (Vera Fokina) in ‘Narcisse’, London, England, 1914 | src Hoppe/Ballets Russes

«Cléopâtre», London, 1923

E.O. Hoppé :: Anna Pavlova as Cleopatra and Laurent Novikoff as Amoun in «Cléopâtre» at Ivy House, Hampstead Heath, London, England, 1923. | src E.O. Hoppé Estate Collection / Ballets Russes (1909-1929)

Vera Fokina als Ha-Tor, um 1914

Arthur Grunenberg :: Vera Fokina as Ha-Tor in “Cleopatra”. Partly colored etching on handmade paper, signed in pencil below the image on the right: “A. Grunenberg” and inscribed “P XLV / 111”. Around 1914. | src Bassenge Auktionen