Ethelbert White, RWS

1891-1972

A scene from Mikhail Fokine’s ballet Thamar

Ref: 978

Signed l.l.: Ethelbert White

Gouache over pen and ink, 27.3 by 33.7 cm 10 3/4 by 13 1/4 ins)

Exhibited: the Fine Art Society, London, Ethelbert White (1891-1972), A Memorial Exhibition, 1979, no.21

In this scene from Fokine’s ballet Thamar, The Prince dances before Thamar, Queen of Georgia, to prove he is worthy to be her suitor. The ballet was produced by Diaghilev’s Ballet Russes in 1912 with music by Balakirev and designs by Leon Bakst. White illustrated a booklet on Thamar for Beaumont’s Impressions of the Russian Ballet (no.10) in 1919.

 

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