Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Toscanini, Walter, 1898-1971.
2. Cia Fornaroli collection.

Description

1. 1 painting : gouache, graphite, col.; 44 x 59 cm.

Summary

1. Front curtain? for a ballet. The design includes two pairs of soldiers and women.

Subject

1. Set design drawings
2. Vita militare (Choreographic work)

Genre/Form

1. Set design drawings.

Call number

1. *MGZGC Abk G Vit 1

Note

1. Signed and dated.
2. Title devised by cataloger.

Biography (note)

1. Walter Toscanini, the son of conductor Arturo Toscanini, wrote a scenario for a ballet called Vita militare, or Military life, but there is no evidence that it was ever produced. Giorgio Abkhasi was born in Georgia (then part of the Russian empire), studied in Paris, and settled in Italy, where he designed sets for theatre, opera, ballet, and films.

Author

1. Abkhasi, Giorgio, 1892-

Title

1. [Vita militare] [graphic] / George Abkhasi.

Imprint

1. 1933.

Biography

1. Walter Toscanini, the son of conductor Arturo Toscanini, wrote a scenario for a ballet called Vita militare, or Military life, but there is no evidence that it was ever produced. Giorgio Abkhasi was born in Georgia (then part of the Russian empire), studied in Paris, and settled in Italy, where he designed sets for theatre, opera, ballet, and films.

Local note

1. Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

Added author

1. Toscanini, Walter, 1898-1971. Associated name
2. Cia Fornaroli collection.

Research call number

1. *MGZGC Abk G Vit 1