Lot description
PER KROHG (1889-1965) JEAN BÖRLIN. 1920. 63x47½ inches, 162½x120½ cm. Publicite Wall, Paris. Condition A-: minor repaired tears, creases and overpainting in margins; minor restoration along vertical and horizontal folds. 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 principal 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.