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Curtain design for Création du Monde
Details
Fernand Léger (1881-1955)
Curtain design for Création du Monde
gouache and pencil on paper
12.3/8 x 18.7/8in. (31.3 x 49.9cm.)
Executed circa 1922 for the production Création du Monde by the Ballet Suédois of Rolf de Maré at the Théâtre des Champs-
Elysées, Paris on October 25, 1923
The ballet, with a libretto by Blaise Centrars and music by Darius Milhaud, was the story of the Creation as seen from the eyes of an African.
Curtain design for Création du Monde
gouache and pencil on paper
12.3/8 x 18.7/8in. (31.3 x 49.9cm.)
Executed circa 1922 for the production Création du Monde by the Ballet Suédois of Rolf de Maré at the Théâtre des Champs-
Elysées, Paris on October 25, 1923
The ballet, with a libretto by Blaise Centrars and music by Darius Milhaud, was the story of the Creation as seen from the eyes of an African.
Exhibited
Eindhoven, Stedelijk van abbe-museum, Beelden Experiment opie planken, 1964, no. 117
Zurich, Galerie d'Art Moderne, F. Léger, Gouaches et Dessins de 1921-1938, 1964-65, no.5 (illustrated)
Zurich, Galerie d'Art Moderne, F. Léger, Gouaches et Dessins de 1921-1938, 1964-65, no.5 (illustrated)