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 Dorothea Tanning   (1910-2012)

  Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo
  • 68 pages
  • illustrated in color and b/w
  • book size 12" x 9" (30.5 x 22.9 cm.)
  • published 1945, General Program Corporation, New York
  • softbound with illustrated color wraps
  • director Sergei J. Denham
  • text in English
  • Condition: very good to near fine
Program for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, Season 1945-1946, Director Sergei J. Denham.

The cover art by Dorothea Tannng is for The Night Shadow, a ballet by George Balanchine.

The program has photo spreads and commentary on Alexandra Danilova, Frederick Franklin, Nathalie Krassovska, and Leon Danielian along with full page photos of Ruthanna Boris, Maria Tallchief, Dorothy Etheridge, Ruthanna Boris and Nicolas Magallanes, Nathalie Krassovska and Michel Katcharoff, Ruthanna Boris and Nikita Talin, and two of Alexandra Danilova and Frederic Franklin.

There are full page color reproductions of theatrical artworks by:
Mistislav Doboujinsky for Ballet Imperial
Dorothea Tanning for The Night Shadow
and
Eugene Berman for Danses Concertantes.


Dorothea Tanning - Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo - Softbound Illustrated 1945-46 Season Program

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