Jacques-Émile Blanche (French, 1861–1942)
Jacques-Émile Blanche (French, 1861–1942)

Acte final du ballet 'Shéhérazade'

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Jacques-Émile Blanche (French, 1861–1942)
Acte final du ballet 'Shéhérazade'

indistinctly signed 'J.E. Blanche' (upper left)
oil on canvas
29 x 36 ¼ in. (73.5 x 92 cm.)
Painted circa 1910.
Provenance
Private collection, Belgium.

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Lot Essay

Shéhérazade was a ballet in one act with music by Rimsky Korsakov, choreography by Michel Fokine and costumes and decor by Léon Bakst. The ballet premièred in Paris at the Opéra de Paris on 4th June 1910.
We are grateful to Jane Roberts for authenticating and for her assistance in cataloguing the present lot. The work will be included in her forthcoming catalogue raisonné on the artist currently under preparation, as no. 860.

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