Research Catalog
La sylphide
- Title
- La sylphide [graphic].
- Publication
- [19--?]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Still image | Supervised use | *MGZGA Anon Syl 1 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Still image | Supervised use | *MGZGA Anon Syl 2 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Description
- 2 paintings on bristol board : gouache, watercolor, col.; 28 x 38 cm. or smaller.
- Summary
- Set designs for Act I of the ballet La sylphide, which takes place in an interior. Between them, the two designs, which divide stage right and stage left of the set, include the four elements necessary to the action: the armchair in which the hero James dozes at the beginning of the act, the hearth, the open window through which the Sylphide makes one of her entrances, and the stairway for the entrance of Effie, James's fiancée, and other characters.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Set design drawings.
- Note
- Although one of the paintings appears to be signed "Reiff," the artist has not been identified.
- Biography (note)
- Although these designs are said to have been made for the Monte Carlo Opera, the specific production of La sylphide has not been identified.
- Call Number
- *MGZGA Anon Syl 1-2
- OCLC
- 779843984
- Title
- La sylphide [graphic].
- Imprint
- [19--?]
- Biography
- Although these designs are said to have been made for the Monte Carlo Opera, the specific production of La sylphide has not been identified.
- Local Note
- Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
- Research Call Number
- *MGZGA Anon Syl 1-2