Lot 201
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Swan Lake
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Swan Lake

Details
Swan Lake
Production: Première - October 15th, 1964, Staatsoper, Vienna
Music: Piotr Ilich Tchaikovsky
Choreography: Rudolph Nureyev
Design: Nicholas Georgiadis
Character: Odile, Act III

A tutu, the boned bodice of black lace, gold lamé and vermicelli style cord work embroidered with imitation pearls and amber coloured gemstones, the black stiffened tulle skirt similarly embroidered with rhinestones, sequins and imitation jewels
Literature
MONEY, Keith Fonteyn, The Making of a Legend, Zurich: William Collins & Sons, 1973, p.234 (illus.)
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Lot Essay

This tutu appears to be the pair to the Odette tutu which Fonteyn gave to Rudolph Nureyev, which was included as lot 64, in Part I of the Nureyev Auction, Christie's, Park Ave, New York, 12th-13th January, 1995.

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