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It depicts the ballerina Tamara Karsavina (1885-1978) as the Young Girl in Fokine's one-act ballet <i>Le Spectre de la rose</i> who returns from a ball holding a rose given to her by a young man. When she falls asleep the Spirit of the Rose fills her dreams and she imagines herself dancing with this mysterious spectre. \r\n\r\nThe ballet was first performed at the Théâtre de Monte Carlo in 1911 and brought to Paris later that year. Gabriel Astruc, Diaghilev's sponsor in Paris, wanted Leon Bakst to design the poster but Bakst declined and recommended instead the 22-year-old Jean Cocteau (1889-1963). Cocteau designed two posters. His drawing of Karsavina's Young Girl gives her facial features similar to his own. The companion poster showed Vaslav Nijinsky (1888-1950) in his rose-petal costume as the Spirit of the Rose. Cocteau was besotted with Nijinsky and the Ballets Russes from the first time he saw them perform in Paris in 1909 and also collaborated with the company by writing the libretto for the exotic ballet <i>Le Dieu Bleu</i>, 1912.","physicalDescription":"Lithographic poster showing Tamara Karsavina in her costume as the Young Girl in Fokine's ballet <i>Le Spectre de la rose</i>, standing on pointe, her hands crossed in front of her, her eyes closed, facing to the left side of the image.  Above is printed the name of the theatre and the theatre manager, and, below the image, the dates of the performance and the name of the company.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Cocteau, Jean","id":"A7817"},"association":{"text":"artist","id":"AAT25103"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Eugène Verneau & Henri Chachoin","id":"A14549"},"association":{"text":"printers","id":"x31107"},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"printing ink","id":"AAT187371"},{"text":"paper","id":"x30308"}],"techniques":[{"text":"printing","id":"AAT53319"},{"text":"lithography","id":"AAT53271"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Printing ink on paper","categories":[{"text":"Entertainment & Leisure","id":"THES48959"},{"text":"Dance","id":"THES252984"},{"text":"Posters","id":"THES252963"},{"text":"Advertising","id":"THES49001"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"T&P","id":"THES48602"},"images":["2010EA7365"],"imageResolution":"low","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"106","id":"THES49925"},"free":"","case":"WW","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"posters","id":"AAT27221"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Paris","id":"x29068"},"association":{"text":"printed","id":"AAT53319"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1913","earliest":"1913-01-01","latest":"1913-12-31"},"association":{"text":"printed","id":"x46159"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[{"object":{"text":"S.562-1980","id":"O75904"},"association":"Object"}],"creditLine":"Given by Mademoiselle Lucienne Astruc and Richard Buckle in memory of the collaboration between Diaghilev and Gabriel Astruc","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"199.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"122.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Height","value":"213.0","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"including frame","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"136.0","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"including frame","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Poster showing Tamara Karsavina as the Young Girl in <i>Le Spectre de la rose</i>.  Lithograph designed by Jean Cocteau (1889-1963) for the sixth Paris season of the Ballets Russes, Théâtre des Champs Élysées, May and June 1913. 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The season included the premiere of the ground-breaking <i>Le Sacre du printemps</i> but the posters used Jean Cocteau’s images of <i>Le Spectre de la rose</i>, an iconic ballet for the company. Cocteau’s drawing of the character of the Young Girl, danced by Tamara Karsavina, has facial features similar to his own.\n\nDesigned by Jean Cocteau\r\nPrinting ink on paper\r\nGiven by Mlle Lucienne Astruc and Richard Buckle in memory of the\r\ncollaboration between Diaghilev and Gabriel Astruc\r\nMuseum no. S.563-1980\r\n","date":{"text":"2020","earliest":"2020-01-01","latest":"2020-12-31"}}],"partNumbers":["S.563-1980"],"accessionNumberNum":"563","accessionNumberPrefix":"S","accessionYear":1980,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2019LN7999","2019LT5948","2019LT9455"],"recordModificationDate":"2026-03-16","recordCreationDate":"2005-05-11","availableToBook":false}}