11th Oct, 2023 12:00
From the Studio: Works from Eleven Artists' Estates
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ALBERT RUTHERSTON (BRITISH 1881-1953)
COSTUME DESIGN FOR 'DIANA' IN LE REVEIL DE FLORE
titled and numbered No 17. / "Diana". top right; inscribed cut of skin / to be dyed black with silver / spots on a leopard skin lower right
pen and ink and watercolour heightened with silver paint
37 x 22.5cm; 14 1/2 x 8 3/4in
61 x 48cm; 24 x 19in (framed)
Inscribed by the artist on a label on the reverse: Diana, " Le Réveil de Flore" / P1b. "Sixteen Designs for the Theatre" / Albert RUTHERSTON.
Literature
Albert Rutherston, Sixteen Designs for the Theatre, London, 1928, pl. 16, illustrated
Executed in 1914; costume design for Diana in Le Reveil de Flore, the ballet abridged by Anna Pavlova and premiered in London on 12th October that year. Pavlova, former prima ballerina with the Russian Imperial Ballet, also toured the production to the USA, where it was performed at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York and in Chicago. Le Reveil de Flore, with music by Riccardo Drigo and choreographed by Marius Petipa, was first performed at the wedding of the Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna, daughter of Tsar Alexander III on 6th August 1894. For a close variant of the present design see: Max Rutherston, Albert Rutherston, exhib. cat. London, 1988, pl. 7.
Sold for £900
COSTUME DESIGN FOR 'DIANA' IN LE REVEIL DE FLORE
titled and numbered No 17. / "Diana". top right; inscribed cut of skin / to be dyed black with silver / spots on a leopard skin lower right
pen and ink and watercolour heightened with silver paint
37 x 22.5cm; 14 1/2 x 8 3/4in
61 x 48cm; 24 x 19in (framed)
Inscribed by the artist on a label on the reverse: Diana, " Le Réveil de Flore" / P1b. "Sixteen Designs for the Theatre" / Albert RUTHERSTON.
Literature
Albert Rutherston, Sixteen Designs for the Theatre, London, 1928, pl. 16, illustrated
Executed in 1914; costume design for Diana in Le Reveil de Flore, the ballet abridged by Anna Pavlova and premiered in London on 12th October that year. Pavlova, former prima ballerina with the Russian Imperial Ballet, also toured the production to the USA, where it was performed at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York and in Chicago. Le Reveil de Flore, with music by Riccardo Drigo and choreographed by Marius Petipa, was first performed at the wedding of the Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna, daughter of Tsar Alexander III on 6th August 1894. For a close variant of the present design see: Max Rutherston, Albert Rutherston, exhib. cat. London, 1988, pl. 7.
Auction: From the Studio: Works from Eleven Artists' Estates, 11th Oct, 2023
