Ticket for the Bal Banal, Salle Bullier, Avenue de l'Observatoire ... Organisé par l'Union des Artistes Russes
Artistes Russes, L'Union des
(Paris). 1924, 14 mars
The original ticket with Goncharova's lithograph for the Bal Banal of 1924.
This ticket is unnumbered and appears to be unused, retaining the additional text at head and foot with the dates, details and price of the ball. The price as advertised '15 fr[ancs].' and the ticket is unnumbered.
Over 150 artists took an active part in the ball, and the programme booklet alone carried
contributions from Derain, Matisse, Braque, Brancusi, Metzinger, Lger, Puni, Utrillo, Dufy and others. Special events at the ball included a tableau vivant with mise en scne and costumes by Larionov, The Triumph of Cubism by Ilya Zdanevich, with designs by Granovsky and Bart, some Georgian dances performed by Antadze and "Japanese Fantasies" by Fujita. The ball also included a mass of bizarre and disconcerting items such as "The laying of the First Stone of the
Modern Montparnasse Tower", by a certain Mr. Babel! (Anthony Parton)
This ticket is unnumbered and appears to be unused, retaining the additional text at head and foot with the dates, details and price of the ball. The price as advertised '15 fr[ancs].' and the ticket is unnumbered.
Over 150 artists took an active part in the ball, and the programme booklet alone carried
contributions from Derain, Matisse, Braque, Brancusi, Metzinger, Lger, Puni, Utrillo, Dufy and others. Special events at the ball included a tableau vivant with mise en scne and costumes by Larionov, The Triumph of Cubism by Ilya Zdanevich, with designs by Granovsky and Bart, some Georgian dances performed by Antadze and "Japanese Fantasies" by Fujita. The ball also included a mass of bizarre and disconcerting items such as "The laying of the First Stone of the
Modern Montparnasse Tower", by a certain Mr. Babel! (Anthony Parton)
8vo. (329 x 160 mm). Small sheet of laid paper with a two-colour original lithograph by Natalia Goncharova and lithograph text recto only; sheet size: 329 x 160 mm.
#48870
