Two hand-painted and embroidered dancers' caps for court ladies from the Ballets Russes
one cap with inscription 'Lodetti' and 'Chamié' (on the inside); the second with inscription 'Granzeva' (on the inside)
Together with a letter dated 7 February 1921 from Nijinsky's wife to the Editor of the Daily Graphic refuting his announced death; two issues of the Daily Graphic in which his death is announced (7 February 1921) and his wife's letter subsequently published (11 February 1921); Royal Opera Programme, Covent Garden, London for Nijinsky's first appearance on 21 June 1911; a photograph signed by Serge Lifar of him in the role of 'La chatte'; two books: Nijinsky. The famous life of the great dancer by his wife Romola Nijinsky, London 1936 and W. A. Propert, The Russian Ballet: 1921-1929, London, 1931 (9)
Two hand-painted and embroidered dancers' caps for court ladies from the Ballets Russes
one cap with inscription 'Lodetti' and 'Chamié' (on the inside); the second with inscription 'Granzeva' (on the inside)
Together with a letter dated 7 February 1921 from Nijinsky's wife to the Editor of the Daily Graphic refuting his announced death; two issues of the Daily Graphic in which his death is announced (7 February 1921) and his wife's letter subsequently published (11 February 1921); Royal Opera Programme, Covent Garden, London for Nijinsky's first appearance on 21 June 1911; a photograph signed by Serge Lifar of him in the role of 'La chatte'; two books: Nijinsky. The famous life of the great dancer by his wife Romola Nijinsky, London 1936 and W. A. Propert, The Russian Ballet: 1921-1929, London, 1931 (9)
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