Preface and acknowledgments | p. 9 |
The Lifar Collection in the Wadsworth Atheneum | p. 12 |
Introduction | |
The Serge Lifar Collection | p. 18 |
Design for the Theater | p. 24 |
The Costumes | p. 31 |
Diaghilev's Ballets Russes | p. 35 |
General note | p. 54 |
Borsi Anisfeldt | |
Snegourotchka (The Snow Maiden), 1922 | p. 56 |
Leon Bakst | |
Feya Kukol (Puppenfee or The Fairy Doll), 1903 | p. 59 |
Scheherazade, 1910 | p. 62 |
Le Spectre de la rose (The Spirit of the Rose), 1911 | p. 67 |
Le Dieu Bleu (The Blue God), 1912 | p. 71 |
L'Apres-midi d'un faune (The Afternoon of a Faun), 1912 | p. 74 |
Daphnis and Chloe, 1912 | p. 79 |
Les Femmes de Bonne Humeur (The Good-Humored Ladies), 1917 | p. 82 |
Aladin ou la Lampe Merveilleuse (Aladin or the Magic Lamp), 1919 | p. 85 |
The Sleeping Princess, 1921 | p. 87 |
Andre Bauchant | p. 102 |
Apollon Musagete (Apollo), 1928 | p. 103 |
Alexandre Benois | |
Le Pavillon d'Armide (Armida's Pavilion), 1909 | p. 108 |
Petrushka, 1911 | p. 117 |
Le Rossignol (The Nightingale), 1914 | p. 128 |
Giselle ou les Wilis (Giselle or the Wilis), 1924 | p. 132 |
Christian Berard | |
Night, 1930 | p. 138 |
Georges Braque | |
Les Facheux (The Society Bores), 1924 | p. 147 |
Zephire et Flore, 1925 | p. 150 |
Les Sylphides, 1926 | p. 153 |
Giorgio de Chirico | |
Le Bal (The Ball), 1929 | p. 155 |
Bacchus et Ariane (Bacchus and Ariadne), 1931 | p. 172 |
Jean Cocteau | p. 176 |
Paul Colin | |
L'Orchestre en Liberte, 1931 | p. 178 |
Andre Derain | |
La Boutique Fantasque (The Fantastic Toy Shop), 1919 | p. 182 |
Jack-in-the-Box, 1926 | p. 185 |
Mstislav Dobujinsky | |
Papillons (Butterflies), 1914 | p. 191 |
Max Ernst | |
Romeo and Juliet, 1926 | p. 193 |
Fedor Fedorovsky | |
Khovanshchina (The Khovansky Affair), 1913 | p. 200 |
Naum Gabo | |
La Chatte (The Cat), 1927 | p. 204 |
Nathalie Gontcharova | |
Les Noces (Svadebka or The Wedding), 1923 | p. 208 |
L'Oiseau de Feu (The Firebird), 1926 | p. 212 |
Juan Gris | |
Les Tentations de la Bergere (The Temptations of the Shepherdess), 1924 | p. 217 |
Constantin Korovine | |
The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and of the Maiden Fevronia, 1907 | p. 223 |
Knyaz Igor (Prince Igor), 1909 | p. 225 |
Michel Larionov | |
Soleil de Nuit (The Midnight Sun), 1915 | p. 230 |
Kikimora, 1916 | p. 233 |
Renard (The Fox), 1929 | p. 235 |
Sur le Borysthene (On the Borysthene), 1932 | p. 239 |
Marie Laurencin | |
Les Biches (The House Party), 1924 | p. 242 |
Fernand Leger | p. 247 |
La Creation du Monde (The Creation of the World), 1923 | p. 249 |
Louis Marcoussis | p. 255 |
Henri Matisse | |
Le Chant du Rossignol (The Song of the Nightingale), 1920 | p. 257 |
Joan Miro | |
Romeo and Juliet, 1926 | p. 262 |
Amadeo Modigliani | p. 266 |
Eugene Mollo | p. 267 |
Pablo Picasso | p. 272 |
Le Tricorne (The Three-Cornered Hat), 1919 | p. 273 |
Pedro Pruna | |
Les Matelots (The Sailors), 1925 | p. 279 |
La Pastorale, 1926 | p. 286 |
Isaac Rabinovitch | |
Rastratchiki (The Embezzlers), 1928 | p. 289 |
Nikolai Roerich | |
Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring), 1913 | p. 291 |
Sir Francis Rose | p. 296 |
Georges Rouault | |
Le Fils Prodigue (Prodigal Son), 1929 | p. 300 |
Prince Alexander Schervashidze | |
Promethee (Prometheus), 1933 | p. 306 |
Jose-Maria Sert | |
Le Astuzie Femminili (Woman's Wiles), 1920 | p. 311 |
Dimitri Stelletsky | |
Tsar Feodor Ioannovitch, 1923 | p. 315 |
Leopold Survage | |
Mavra, 1922 | p. 318 |
Pavel Tchelitchew | |
Ode, 1928 | p. 323 |
Chronological list of stage works | p. 332 |
Lifar Collection exhibition catalogues of 1926, 1929, and 1930 | p. 333 |
Kochno-Lifar "letter of abdication" from the Ballets Russes | p. 335 |
Bibliography of works by Serge Lifar | p. 335 |
Exhibitions | p. 336 |
Select Bibliography | p. 340 |
Photographic Credits | p. 345 |
Index | p. 346 |
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