BARBIER, Georges (1882-1932). - Designs on the Dances of Vaslav Nijinsky by Barbier, foreword by Francis de Miomandre, translated from the French by C. W. Beaumont.

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BARBIER, Georges (1882-1932). - Designs on the Dances of Vaslav Nijinsky by Barbier, foreword by Francis de Miomandre, translated from the French by C. W. Beaumont.

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BARBIER, Georges (1882-1932). - Designs on the Dances of Vaslav Nijinsky by Barbier, foreword by Francis de Miomandre, translated from the French by C. W. Beaumont.

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Designs on the Dances of Vaslav Nijinsky by Barbier, foreword by Francis de Miomandre, translated from the French by C. W. Beaumont.
London: printed for C. W. Beaumont & Co. “sur les presses de La Belle Édition”, 1913. Large 4to (330 x 285 mm). 12 plates, hand-colored using the pochoir process, 3 uncolored illustrations, all after Barbier. Pochoir plates by G. Barbier. Original cream thin-card wrappers, the pictorial design on the upper cover from a design by Barbier, printed in blue and black with grey and gilt added by hand using the pochoir process. Condition: neatly rebacked. barbier’s first separately published book: a limited edition of 400 copies, “the sole edition in english” printed on “vellum paper”, this copy numbered 235. Inspired Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes in general and the dancing of Nijinsky in particular, the Frenchman Barbier drew the legendary dancer in some of his greatest roles: Le Spectre de la rose , Petrushka , Scheherazade and L’Après-midi d'un faune . Niles & Leslie I, 22