The complete set

LARIONOV, M[ikhail], Nataliia GONCHAROVA, Ilia ZDANEVICH, [Pablo] PICASSO and others

Grand Bal Travesti / Transmental [Programme, Ticket and Handbill]

Publication: Francois Bernouard for Union des Artistes Russes, Paris, 1923.

The complete set
LARIONOV, M[ikhail], Nataliia GONCHAROVA, Ilia ZDANEVICH, [Pablo] PICASSO and others. Grand Bal Travesti / Transmental [Programme, Ticket and Handbill].
Published/created in: 1923

£1,950

Lovely gathering of three ‘ephemera’ items produced for the first Russian ball of the avant-garde in Paris – an eclectic show with music and dances in newly designed costumes. With Larionov’s ticket, Goncharova’s handbill and the famous programme with many artistic contributions.

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With the Picasso plate in two colours: a fine group with Dadaist flavour, related to the first experimental “ball” of the Union of Russian Artists in Paris, which included as member Mikhail Larionov, Natalia Goncharova and Ilia Zdanevich (Iliazd) among others.

The printed programme is a typographical and artistic masterpiece, with participations of Juan Gris, Derain, Picasso and Goncharova, incorporating poems by French and Russian artists, such as Tristan Tzara. The typography was, perhaps unsurprisingly, conceived by Iliazd, who also played a major role in the original idea of such ‘balls’ gathering an international and Parisian avant-garde.

The programme of the event was eclectic, featuring a Russian piece, a Japanese ‘village party’ by Foujita and a popular song on the Venice festival, many with choreography and costumes by Larionov and Goncharova.

Includes the large, striking ticket designed by Larionov, often found on its own.

Item number

212

 

Physical Description

Large 4to (33 x 26 cm) and 2 sheets (50 x 13 and 22 x 27.7 cm). Programme: [12] pp. with one tipped-in illustration after Derain, lithographs texts and illustrations, one by Picasso coloured in pastel blue and yellow; ticket: black and orange lithograph on beige paper, designed by Larionov; handbill: black lithograph on coloured paper, designed by Larionov.

Binding

Sheets loose as issued, programme in printed pictorial wrappers.

Condition

Very minor wear, creasing or browning at extremities, handbill with fold in the centre, but overall in appealing, fresh condition.

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