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PER KROHG (1889-1965) JEAN BÖRLIN. 1920. 62 3/4x 45 3/4 inches, 159 1/2x162 1/4 cm. Publicite Wall, Paris. Condition A- / B+: repaired tears in margins, some slightly into image; repaired pin holes in corners. On October 25, 1920 the Ballet Suédois had their premiere performance in Paris. The Ballet Russe had been setting an Avant-garde standard for ballet in Paris since 1909, but Rolf de Mare, the impresario responsible for bringing the Swedish Ballet to Paris, and Jean Börlin, the principle dancer and choreographer, viewed the Ballet Russe as old fashioned. Under their direction, the Ballet Suédois employed composers and designers to work on their productions whose names read like a who's who of the Avant-garde art scene: Jean Cocteau, Francis Picabia, Erik Satie, Ferdinand Léger, Blaise Cendrars, Arthur Honegger, François Poulenc and others. Weill 470, Dance Posters 53 (var), Ballets Suedois p. 284, Plakat Kunst p. 94.