Death of Petrouchka in the Borovansky production of Petrouchka, ca. 1951 [picture] / Constable
- Bib ID:
- 3549683
- Format:
- Picture
- Author:
- Constable, Bill, (William), 1906-1989
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Description:
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- ca. 1951
- 1 painting : oil on canvas ; 48 x 61.2 cm.
- Summary:
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In 1951 Edouard Borovansky staged his production of Petrouchka for his Borovansky Ballet. It opened on 6 April in Sydney at the Empire Theatre with Peggy Sager as the Ballerina, Charles Boyd as the Blackamoor and Miro Zloch, replacing an injured Martin Rubinstein, as Petrouchka. The production featured designs by William Constable.
- Notes:
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- Title from acquistions documentation, see file NLA04/1312.
- Condition: Good; in frame.
- Inscriptions: signed by artist, in medium, lower left.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-137083089
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased, 2005.
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Ballet dancers
- Terms of Use:
- Copyright restrictions may apply.
- Exhibited:
- Exhibited: The Ballets Russes in Australia 1936 - 1940, Visitor Centre, National Library of Australia, 9 April - 31 January 2010
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2059 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Artistic
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1989
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1951
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