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.
The ticket, priced '25 fr[ancs].', is stamp-numnbered '1915'.
'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 scène and costumes by Larionov, 'The Triumph of Cubism' by Il'ya 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)
The ticket, priced '25 fr[ancs].', is stamp-numnbered '1915'.
'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 scène and costumes by Larionov, 'The Triumph of Cubism' by Il'ya 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. (224 x 158 mm). Small sheet of laid paper with a two-colour original lithograph by Natalia Goncharova and lithograph text recto only, the ticket stamped twice at head and foot with the circular stamp of the 'Union des Artistes Russes', the head and foot of the sheet with perforations; sheet size: 224 x 158 mm.
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