Mardi 13 mars 2012, 17h

Vladimir Dukelsky, known as "Vernon Duke", Zephyr et Flore, autograph manuscript dated 1924 (34,5x26,5 cm), composed for a ballet by Maurice Kochno at the request of Serge Diaghilev, and performed in Monte-Carlo in June 1925. 83 manuscript pages written in pencil. The last page was torn into two parts, the upper part is missing. 40 booklets giving details of the instrumental parts for each voice, including the piano score, complete this document, as well as the original edition of the printed score. All these documents bear the stamp of the Ballets russes of S. de Diaghilev, that of the Académie nationale of Serge Lifar and of the Lifar collection

Lot 375
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CHF 2 000 - 3,000

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Vladimir Dukelsky, known as "Vernon Duke", Zephyr et Flore, autograph manuscript dated 1924 (34,5x26,5 cm), composed for a ballet by Maurice Kochno at the request of Serge Diaghilev, and performed in Monte-Carlo in June 1925. 83 manuscript pages written in pencil. The last page was torn into two parts, the upper part is missing. 40 booklets giving details of the instrumental parts for each voice, including the piano score, complete this document, as well as the original edition of the printed score. All these documents bear the stamp of the Ballets russes of S. de Diaghilev, that of the Académie nationale of Serge Lifar and of the Lifar collection

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icone

Provenance

The Countes Lillan Ahlefledt-Laurvig and Serge Lifar's estate

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