Lot 172
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Nijinsky
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Nijinsky

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Nijinsky
Giselle, Ou Les Wilis
Production: Ballet Russe
Music: Adolphe Adam
Choreography: Serge de Diaghilev
Design: Alexandre Benois
Character: Albrecht disguised as Loys, Act I

A tunic of scarlet wool, trimmed at the neckline with a ruff of white cotton, the side vents trimmed with plaited gilt braid, the tunic with cotton label inscribed in black ink in an unidentified hand Giselle, Mr. Nijinsky, 1er. Costume; and a gilet of emerald green wool fastening at the front with straps of plaited gilt braid, with cotton label similarly inscribed
Provenance
Ex lot 101, from Diaghilev Ballet Material: Costumes, Costume Designs and Portraits Auction, Sotheby's, London, 13 June, 1967
Exhibited
The Diaghilev Exhibition, Edinburgh Festival, 1954
The Diaghilev Exhibition, Forbes House, London, 1954
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Lot Essay

Nijinsky first danced Giselle with the Ballets Russes at the Théâtre De L'Opéra, Paris, with Karsavina, on June 18th, 1910 and later with Pavlova, at Covent Garden in 1911.

This costume was apparently given by Diaghilev to his business manager, Grigoriev, in 1918 before later passing to Mrs. Vera Bowen.

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