AUTOGRAPH AND PHOTOGRAPH. VASLAVNIYINSKY, 1914.
Antiques - Miscellaneus / Graphic Work
Reference: ZF1340B
Photograph and signature. Vaslav Niyinsky (kyiv, 1890-London, 1950), 1914. Vaslav Niyinsky (transliterated Vaslav Fomich Nizhinski) was a Polish-born Russian ballet dancer and choreographer considered one of the most gifted in history, particularly due to his encounter with Sergei Diaghilev, a member of the St. Petersburg elite and an important patron of the arts, who promoted Russian visual and musical art abroad, especially in Paris. During World War I, Nijinsky was placed under house arrest in Hungary because he was a Russian citizen. Diaghilev managed to get Nijinsky out of the country thanks to the intervention of King Alfonso XIII and his Office for Prisoners of War. The signature appears accompanied by a photograph of the type used as calling cards at the time (cabinet photograph), and is dated 1914.
· Size: 58x6,5x49 cms. int: 40,5x31 cms.
800 €
