All photographs and artifacts are from the Jerome Robbins Dance Division of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center unless otherwise noted.

Uncredited photographer
Nijinsky photographed at Krasnoe Selo, summer 1907
Toned gelatin-silver print, 6-7/8 x 4-7/8 in.

K. A. Fischer
Seven photographs of Njinsky as Endimion in Tsar Kandavl, St. Petersburg, 1908
Digital reproductions of gelatin-silver prints, 7 x 4 ½ in.
Collection of the St. Petersburg State Museum of Theatre and Music

K.A. Fischer
Graduating class of male students from the St. Petersburg Theater School, 1907. Nijinsky is second from the left.
Digital reproduction of a gelatin-silver print, 6 ¾ x 9 ½ in.
Collection of the St. Petersburg State Museum of Theatre and Music

K.A. Fischer
Three photographs Chopiniana (later known as Les Sylphides) at the Maryinsky Theater, St. Petersburg, 1908. One photograph shows Nijinsky solo; two show him partnering Tamara Karsavina.
Digital reproductions of gelatin-silver prints, 7 x 4 ½ in. to 7 x 5 ½ in.
Collection of the St. Petersburg State Museum of Theatre and Music

Le Pavillon d’Armide

K.A. Fischer
Nijinsky in costume for Le Pavillon d’Armide, 1907
Reproduced from an unknown publication
Gelatin-silver print, 5 ½ x 3-3/8 in.

Uncredited photographer
Anna Pavlova and Vaslav Nijinsky in Le Pavillon d’Armide, ca. 1908
Gelatin-silver print, 8 ¾ x 6 in.

L. Roosen
Two photographs of Nijinsky in costume for Le Pavillon d’Armide, Paris, 1909
Toned gelatin-silver prints, 7 ¾ x 4 ¾ in. and 8 x 4 ¾ in.
Roger Pryor Dodge Collection

Alexandre Benois
Scenic design for The Garden of Enchantment, act 2 of Le Pavillon d’Armide,
St. Petersburg, 1907
Pen and watercolor, 8-7/8 x 12-7/8 in., signed by the artist
Purchased with funds of the Committee for the Dance Division

Alexandre Benois
Drawing of Nijinsky in costume for Le Pavillon d’Armide, a later rendering by the artist of his original design of 1907
Watercolor, pen and pencil, 9 ½ x 5-15/16 in., signed by the artist
Purchased with funds of the Committee for the Dance Division

Valentine Gross
Nijinsky and two sylphs in Les Sylphides, Paris, 1910
Woodcut, black ink on faded blue paper, 5-15/16 x 6-1/16 in., with the artist’s initials

Uncredited photographer and L. Vogel
Nijinsky partnering Tamara Karsavina in Les Sylphides, Paris, 1910
Photograph with added tint, superimposed on scenic rendering, letterpress, cover of the souvenir program of the Ballets Russes, June 1910, 12 ¾ x 9 ¾ in.

Costumes for male and female principal dancers
Courtesy of The State Academic Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg

A. Bert
Nijinsky in the Grand pas classique hongrois of Raymonda, performed as a variation in Le Festin, Paris, 1909
Toned gelatin-silver print, 7-1/16 x 4 ¾ in.
Roger Pryor Dodge Collection

L Roosen
Nijinsky in costume for the Bluebird variation of Sleeping Beauty, performed with Tamara Karsavina as a variation in Le Festin, Paris, 1909
Toned gelatin-silver print, 6-13/16 x 4 ½ in.
Roger Pryor Dodge Collection

Giselle

L. Roosen
Nijinsky as Albrecht in Giselle, Paris, 1910
Gelatin-silver print, 5 ¼ x 7-7/16 in.
Roger Pryor Dodge Collection

L. Roosen
Three photographs of Tamara Karsavina as Giselle partnered by Vaslav Nijinsky as Albrecht, Paris, 1910
Gelatin-silver prints, variously 7-9/16 x 5 ¾ in. to 7-5/8 x 5-7/16 in.
Roger Pryor Dodge Collection

Carnaval

Baron Adolf de Meyer
Seven photographs of Nijinsky as Harlequin in Carnaval, Paris, 1910
Gelatin-silver prints, variously 8-15/16 x 5-13/16 to 7 ¾ x 4 ¾ in.
Roger Pryor Dodge Collection

Baron Adolf de Meyer
Seven photographs of Nijinsky as the Favorite Slave in Schéhérazade, Paris, 1910
Gelatin-silver prints, variously 7-9/16 x 6-3/16 in. to 6 ½ x 4 ½ in.
Roger Pryor Dodge Collection

L. Roosen
Nijinsky as the Favorite Slave in Schéhérazade, Paris, 1910
Gelatin-silver print, 8-1/16 x 5-1/8 in.
Roger Pryor Dodge Collection

Uncredited photographer
Tamara Karsavina as Zobeïde in Schéhérazade, Paris, 1910
Gelatin-silver print, 7 ½ x 4 ¼ in.

Ernst Oppler
Schéhérazade, undated
Drypoint, plate mark 7 ½ x 9 7/8 in., on Van Gelder paper, unnumbered

Léon Bakst
Costume design for the Chief Eunuch in Schéhérazade, Paris, 1910
Watercolor, pencil and gouache, 17 x 10 ¾ in.
In a gilt frame designed by the artist, 30 x 22-7/8 in.
Collection of Sallie Blumenthal

Arthur Grunenberg
Nijinsky in Schéhérazade, Berlin, undated
Etching, partially colored, plate mark 9 ½ x 8-3/8 in., no. 33 of 100, signed by the artist. Costumes for The Golden Slave and The Sultana
Courtesy of The State Academic Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg

Eugène Druet
Two photographs of Nijinsky in costume for the Siamese variation in Les Orientales, Paris, 1910
Gelatin-silver prints, 5 ¼ x 11-3/16 in. and 11 x 7-7/16 in.
Roger Pryor Dodge Collection

Unidentified photographer
Three photographs of Nijinsky in costume for the Siamese variation in Les Orientales, Paris, 1910
Gelatin-silver prints, variously 12-9/16 x 8-9/16 in. to 13-7/16 x 8-7/16 in.
Roger Pryor Dodge Collection

A. Bert
Three photographs of Nijinsky in costume for the Kobold variation in Les Orientales, Paris, 1910
Gelatin-silver prints, variously 6 ¼ x 4 ½ in. to 7-11/16 x 5-3/8 in.
Roger Pryor Dodge Collection

Baron Adolf de Meyer
Three photographs of Nijinsky in the title role of Le Spectre de la Rose, Paris, 1911
Toned gelatin-silver prints, variously 9-1/8 x 6 ¾ in. to 9 ¾ x 7-5/8 in.
Roger Pryor Dodge Collection

L. Roosen
Four photographs of Tamara Karsavina and Vaslav Nijinsky in Le Spectre de la Rose, Paris, 1911
Gelatin-silver prints, variously 8-1/16 x 5-3/16 in. to 6-7/8 x 4-9/16 in.
Roger Pryor Dodge Collection

Jean Cocteau
Posters of Nijinsky and Karsavina in Le Spectre de la Rose
Théâtre de Monte-Carlo/Ballet Russe, 19 April 1911
Lithographs, 37 x 23 ¼ in.
Gift of Francis S. Mason

Costume for The Young Girl
Courtesy of The State Academic Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg

Uncredited photographer
Nijinsky in the title role of Narcisse, Paris, 1911
Gelatin-silver print, 11 ¼ x 9 in.
Roger Pryor Dodge Collection

Léon Bakst
Costume designs for Bronislava Nijinska and Vera Fokina in Narcisse, Paris, 1911.
Watercolor, pencil, gouache, and gold and silver, 27-1/8 x 19-5/8 in., signed by the artist
Gift of Mrs. Arthur A. Houghton, Jr.

Petrouchka

L. Roosen
Two photographs of Nijinsky in the title role of Petrouchka, Paris, 1911
Gelatin-silver prints, 7 ¾ x 4-11/16 in. and 7-7/8 x 4-11/16 in.
Roger Pryor Dodge Collection

Elliott and Fry
Two photographs of Nijinsky in the title role of Petrouchka, London, 1911
Gelatin-silver prints, 6 ¼ x 4-3/8 in. and 6-3/8 x 6-1/16 in.
Roger Pryor Dodge Collection

Valentine Hugo
Two woodcut prints of characters in the fairground crowds of Petrouchka, 1912
Woodcut, 4 ½ x 6 in., with the artist’s initials in the border

Alexandre Benois
Costume for the title role of Petrouchka
Revival for The Joffrey Ballet under the artistic supervision of Yurek Lazowski, 1970
Reconstruction of costumes supervised by Jane Greenwood
Courtesy of The Joffrey Ballet of Chicago

Le Dieu Bleu

Uncredited photographer
Nijinsky in the title role of Le Dieu Bleu, Paris, 1912
Letterpress, toned ink, gold foil stamped borders, published in the souvenir program of the Ballets Russes, Théâtre du Châtelet, May-June 1912, 12 ½ x 9 ½ in.

Léon Bakst
Costume design for Nijinsky in the title role of Le Dieu Bleu, 1911
Letterpress reproduction, 11 ¼ x 7 in.

Léon Bakst
Costume design for Tamara Karsavina in Le Dieu Bleu, 1911
Watercolor and pencil, 11 x 8 in.
Collection of Sallie Blumenthal

Daphnis and Chloë

Léon Bakst
Costume design for Daphnis and Chloë, 1912
Watercolor and pencil, 9 ½ x 8 ¾ in.
Collection of Sallie Blumenthal

Choreographer

L’Après-midi d’un Faune

Baron Adolf de Meyer
Four photographs of Nijinsky as the Faun in L’Après-midi d’un Faune, Paris, 1911
Toned gelatin-silver prints, variously 9 ¼ x 7-5/16 in. to 9-1/8 x 7-1/16 in.
Roger Pryor Dodge Collection

Baron Adolf de Meyer
Two photographs of Lubov Tchernicheva as a Nymph with Vaslav Nijinsky as the Faun in L’Après-midi d’un Faune, Paris, 1911
Toned gelatin-silver copy prints, 6-3/8 x 5 ½ and 5-5/16 x 6-11/16 in.
Roger Pryor Dodge Collection

Unidentified photographer
Nijinsky as the Faun approaches Lubov Tchernicheva as a Nymph in L’Après-midi d’un Faune, Paris, 1911
Toned gelatin-silver print, 6-3/16 x 7 ¼ in.
Roger Pryor Dodge Collection

Karl Struss
Two photographs of Nijinsky as the Faun with Flove Revalles as a Nymph in L’Après-midi d’un Faune, New York, 1916
Gelatin-silver prints, 9-11/16 x 7-13/16 in. and 7-9/16 x 9-7/8 in.
Roger Pryor Dodge Collection

Léon Bakst
Costumes for two Nymphs in L’Après-midi d’un Faune
Reconstruction for The Joffrey Ballet by Elizabeth Schooling and Willliam Chappell, 1979
Reproduction of costumes by Rouben Ter-Arutunian
Courtesy of The Joffrey Ballet of Chicago

Lady Una Vincenzo Troubridge
Nijinsky as the Faun in L’Après-midi d’un Faune, ca. 1913
Bronze, 12 ½ in. on base 6 in.
Gift of Lincoln Kirstein

Jeux

Ch. Gerschel
Three photographs of Ludmilla Schollar, Vaslav Nijinsky and Tamara Karsavina in Jeux, Paris, 1913
Gelatin-silver prints, variously 7-1/8 x 5 ¾ in. to 4-1/8 x 6-7/16 in.
Roger Pryor Dodge Collection

Ch. Gerschel
Three photographs of Nijinsky in Jeux, Paris, 1913
Gelatin-silver prints, variously 5 ¾ x 3 ½ in. to 6-7/8 x 4-3/16 in.
Roger Pryor Dodge Collection

Valentine Hugo
Two drawings of Nijinsky with Ludmilla Schollar and Tamara Karsavina in Jeux, undated
Pastel, 7 ½ x 9 ¾ in. and 7-9/16 x 9-5/8 in.
Roger Pryor Dodge Collection

Le Sacre du Printemps

Ch. Gerschel
Six female dancers of Le Sacre du Printemps, Paris, 1913
Copy photograph from a published source, 8 x 10 in.

Ch. Gerschel
Four male dancers of Le Sacre du Printemps, Paris, 1913
Copy photograph from a published source, 8 x 10 in.

Ch. Gerschel
The Sage of Le Sacre du Printemps, Paris, 1913
Letterpress, 2 ¾ x 3 in.

Igor Stravinsky
Le sacre du printemps, Berlin: Edition Russe de Musique, 1913
Photocopy of the published score showing annotations by the composer
Gift of Robert Craft

Nicholas Roerich
Costume for a Young Maidens in Le Sacre du Printemps, Act I
Artistic supervision of the reconstruction by Robert Joffrey, 1987
Design consultancy for reconstruction of Roerich costumes by Kenneth Archer
Costume supervision by Sally Ann Parsons
Courtesy of The Joffrey Ballet of Chicago

Nicholas Roerich
Costume for an Elder in Le Sacre du Printemps, Act I
Artistic supervision of the reconstruction by Robert Joffrey, 1987
Design consultancy for reconstruction of Roerich costumes by Kenneth Archer
Costume supervision by Sally Ann Parsons
Courtesy of The Joffrey Ballet of Chicago

Till Eulenspiegel

Karl Struss
Five photographs of Nijinsky in the title role of Till Eulenspiegel
Gelatin-silver prints, 10 x 8 in.

Robert Edmond Jones
Costume for the chatelaine in Till Eulenspiegel, New York, 1916
Pen, pencil and black ink, 17 x 13 ¾ in.
Gift of Lincoln Kirstein

White Studio
Three chatelaines in Till Eulenspiegel, New York, 1916
Gelatin-silver print, 13 ½ x 10 ½ in.

White Studio
Four photographs of Till Eulenspiegel, New York, 1916
Gelatin-silver prints, 13 ½ x 10 ½ in.
Collection of Douglas Blair Turnbaugh

Robert Edmond Jones
Costume for the priest in Till Eulenspiegel, New York, 1916
Pencil, watercolor and pastel, 12 ¼ x 9 13/16 in.
From the Estate of Romola Nijinsky

Robert Edmond Jones
Costume design for the beggars in Till Eulenspiegel, New York, 1916
Pastel and pencil, 9-5/8 x 12 ¼ in.
From the Estate of Romola Nijinsky

Robert Edmond Jones
Costume design for the baker in Till Eulenspiegel, New York, 1916
Pastel and pencil, 12 x 9 ½ in.
Collection of Sallie Blumenthal

Robert Edmond Jones
Costume design for a policeman in Till Eulenspiegel, New York, 1916
Pastel and pencil, 12 x 9 ½ in.
Collection of Sallie Blumenthal

Later Years

Unknown photographer
Wedding of Vaslav Nijinsky and Romola de Pulszky, Majestic Hotel, Buenos Aires, 1913
Gelatin-silver print, 3 ½ x 4 ½ in.
Courtesy of Curatorial Assistance Traveling Exhibitions, Los Angeles and the Nijinsky Archives

Unknown photographer
Romola and Vaslav Nijinsky with their daughter Kyra
Gelatin-silver print, 10 x 8 in.
Roger Pryor Dodge Collection

Vaslav Nijinsky
Diary, St. Moritz, 1919
Holograph in Russian, signed, ink or pencil
3 vol. (139, 148, 96 pages), 9 ½ x 6 5/8 in.

The Diary of Vaslav Nijinsky, Unexpurgated Edition
Translated from the Russian by Kyril Fitzlyon
Edited by Joan Acocella
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999

Vaslav Nijinsky
Mask, undated
Ink and gouache, 10 ¼ x 8 ¼ in.
Gift of Remington Olmsted, Jr.

Vaslav Nijinsky
Mask of God, 1922
Blue and red crayon, 13 x 14 ¾ in.

Vaslav Nijinsky
Series III [The Eye]: Untitled #4, ca. 1918-1919
Watercolor on paper, 9 ½ x 7 ¾ in.
Courtesy of Curatorial Assistance Traveling Exhibitions, Los Angeles and the Nijinsky Archives

Vaslav Nijinsky
Series IV [Transections and intersections]: Untitled #4, ca. 1918-1919
Crayon on paper, 11-1/8 x 14 ½ in.
Courtesy of Curatorial Assistance Traveling Exhibitions, Los Angeles and the Nijinsky Archives

Vaslav Nijinsky
Series IV [Transections and intersections]: Untitled #12, ca. 1918-1919
Crayon on paper, 11 x 14 ½ in.
Courtesy of Curatorial Assistance Traveling Exhibitions, Los Angeles and the Nijinsky Archives

Vaslav Nijinsky
Series V [Equilibrium and Opposition]: Untitled #4
Crayon on paper, 11 x 14-3/8 in.
Courtesy of Curatorial Assistance Traveling Exhibitions, Los Angeles and the Nijinsky Archives

Vaslav Nijinsky
Series IX: Untitled #1-3
Graphite on paper, 6 x 7.5 in.
Courtesy of Curatorial Assistance Traveling Exhibitions, Los Angeles and the Nijinsky Archives

Vaslav Nijinsky
Untitled: [Dark Blue and White Composition]
Watercolor on paper, 9 x 14 in.
Courtesy of Curatorial Assistance Traveling Exhibitions, Los Angeles and the Nijinsky Archives

Portraits of Nijinsky

Unidentified photographer
Paris, ca. 1911

Unidentified photographer
Nijinsky as Harlequin in Carnaval, 1910
Roger Pryor Dodge Collection

Count Jean de Strelecki
Nijinsky as the Favorite Slave in Schéhérazade, ca. 1910
Roger Pryor Dodge Collection

Dover Street Studios
Nijinsky in the title role of Petrouchka, 1912
Roger Pryor Dodge Collection

R. Balogh
Nijinsky in the title role of Le Spectre de la Rose, 1911
Roger Pryor Dodge Collection

L. Roosen
Nijinsky in the title role of Le Spectre de la Rose, 1911
Roger Pryor Dodge Collection

Eugène Druet
Nijinsky in costume for the Siamese variation in Les Orientales
Roger Pryor Dodge Collection

Additional items

Jean Cocteau
La saison russe, Paris, 1911
Holograph in French, signed
7 pages, 14 ¼ x 9 in.
Gift of Lincoln Kirstein

Jean Cocteau
Serge Diaghilev and Vaslav Nijinsky, 1913
Matted with a letter from Cocteau dated 1961
Felt-tipped pen, 10 5/8 x 8 ¼ in.
Gift of Marjorie Graff

Ballets Russes
Souvenir program, Théâtre national de l’Opéra, Paris, June 1910
Published by Comoedia Illustré, M. de Brunoff, editor
48 pages, 12 ¾ x 9 ¾ in.

Ballets Russes
Souvenir program, Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, June 1911
Published by Comoedia Illustré, M. de Brunoff, editor
68 pages, 13 ½ x 10 ¼ in.

Ballets Russes
Souvenir program, Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, May-June 1912
Published by Comoedia Illustré, M. de Brunoff, editor
62 pages, 12 ½ x 10 in.

Ballets Russes
Souvenir program, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 1912
Published by John Long, Ltd.
32 pages, 12 x 9 ½ in.

Ballets Russes
Souvenir program, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris, 1913
Paris: Publications Gonzalez
50 pages, 10 ¾ x 6 ½ in.

Ballets Russes
Souvenir program, Serge de Diaghileff’s Ballet Russe, American tour, 1916-1917
New York: Morris Gest, 1916
40 pages, 12 ¼ x 9-1/8 in.

United States Geological Survey
Map of the United States with contour lines
Washington, D.C.: U.S. Geological Survey, 1914
2 sheets, 48 x 76 in.
Map Division, The New York Public Library

Unidentified photographer
Nijinsky as the leading dancer and head of the Diaghilev Ballets Russes during its 1916 American tour
Copy photograph from a newspaper clipping, The New York World

Mile High Photo Company
128 dancers and musicians of the Diaghilev Ballets Russes in Denver during their tour of America, 1916
Panoramic print, 38 x 9 3/8 in.
Gift of Lincoln Kirstein

Ballets Russes
Program, Harmanus Bleecker Hall, Albany, New York
Saturday, February 24, 1917

Ballets Russes
Program, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, New York
Thursday, November 2, 1916

Ballets Russes
Program, Valencia Theater, San Francisco, California
Wednesday, January 3, 1917

Ballets Russes
Program, Unidentified theater, Chicago, Illinois
February 1916

Ballets Russes
Program, Lyceum Theater, Detroit, Michigan
Friday, Februrary 11, 1916

Ballets Russes
Program, Shubert Murat Theater, Indianapolis, Indiana
Thursday through Saturday, March 9 to 11, 1916

Ballets Russes
Program, Metropolitan Opera House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
November 23 to 25, 1916

Ballets Russes
Program, Auditorium, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Monday, February 28, 1916

Ballets Russes
Program, Pitt Theater, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Monday through Wednesday, February 19 to 21, 1916

Ballets Russes
Program, Coliseum, Fort Worth, Texas
Friday and Saturday, December 8 and 9, 1916

Aleksandr Golovin
Firebird
Costume for The Princess, gown, bodice, headdress and cloak
Ivory silk, pearls, gold trim, blue brocade
Collection of Douglas Blair Turnbaugh

Duncan Grant
Drawing of Nijinsky as Narcisse, and on other side as the Golden Slave in Schéhérazade
Pencil and red ball point ink, 7 ½ x 13 in.
Collection of Douglas Blair Turnbaugh

Freuh
Serge Diaghilev, ca. 1916
Print (silkscreen?), 16 x 6 in.
Collection of Douglas Blair Turnbaugh