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Massine appears in the revue's scene 7, a dance piece inspired by Hogarth's series of paintings <i>A Rake's Progress</i>, simply titled <i>The Rake</i>, which he also choreographed\r\n\r\nThe scene was painted by Gluck (1895-1978), an artist well-known in the 1920s and 30s for portraits and floral paintings. Born Hannah Gluckstein, they chose to be only known as Gluck, distancing themselves from their society family, who were scandalised by Gluck's exclusively male attire and lesbian relationships. Identifying with no artistic school or movement, they exhibited their work only in solo exhibitions, where it was displayed in a special frame that Gluck had invented and patented. The \"Gluck frame\" extended from the wall in three tiers and was painted or papered to match the wall on which it hung so the paintings became part of the architecture of the room. This painting is in a white-painted Gluck frame which is not visible in the image.","physicalDescription":"The painting shows four figures standing backstage in a theatre, behind stage flats, all seen from the back. The dancer, Massine, second from right, is about to make his entrance. He is dressed in 18th-century style costume for his role as the Rake. His hair is tied back and he wears a green jacket, red breeches and white stockings. The other men are stage technicians.\r\n\r\nThe painting is in a 'Gluck Frame', made for the picture by the artist. It is white and consists of three stepped rectangles made of wood and covered with paper.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Gluck","id":"A10473"},"association":{"text":"artist","id":"AAT25103"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"oil colour","id":"AAT15050"},{"text":"canvas","id":"AAT14078"},{"text":"wood","id":"AAT11914"},{"text":"paper","id":"x30308"}],"techniques":[{"text":"painting (image-making)","id":"AAT54216"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Oil on canvas, in a wooden frame covered with white paper","categories":[{"text":"Paintings","id":"THES48917"},{"text":"Gender and Sexuality","id":"THES48940"},{"text":"Entertainment & Leisure","id":"THES48959"},{"text":"Dance","id":"THES252984"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"T&P","id":"THES48602"},"images":["2006AV2987"],"imageResolution":"low","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"104","id":"THES49929"},"free":"","case":"CA022A","shelf":"WALL","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"oil paintings","id":"AAT33799"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Great Britain","id":"x32019"},"association":{"text":"painted","id":"x30138"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1925","earliest":"1925-01-01","latest":"1925-12-31"},"association":{"text":"painted","id":"x30138"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Given by the British Theatre Museum Association","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"60","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"50","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"The painting was included in and originally sold at Gluck's 1926 exhibition, <i>Stage and Country</i>, at the Fine Art Society, London. The exhibition included several paintings of scenes from the revue <i>On With the Dance</i>. \n\nGiven to the British Theatre Museum Association by Mrs Prince Littler in November 1968.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Painting entitled \"Leonide Massine waiting for his cue to go on stage in 'On With the Dance'\" by Gluck, 1925","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Ashton, Geoffrey. <u>Catalogue of Paintings at the Theatre Museum, London.</u> ed. James Fowler, London : Victoria and Albert Museum, 1992. 224p. ill. ISBN 1851771026"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"This object features in 'Out on Display: A selection of LGBTQ-related objects on display in the V&A', a booklet created by the V&A's LGBTQ Working Group. First developed and distributed to coincide with the 2014 Pride in London Parade, the guide was then expanded for the Queer and Now Friday Late that took place in February 2015."}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[{"text":"Massine, Leonide","id":"N1269"}],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[{"text":"dancing","id":"x37546"}],"contentLiteraryRefs":["'The Rake's Progress' series of paintings by Hogarth"],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"The painting shows the dancer Massine about to make his first entrance. This is his last private moment before he appears in front of his audience. The cloth-capped stagehand has folded back the scenery panels to reveal the brightly lit stage, but the focus is on the world ‘behind the scenes’ that is hidden from the public.\r\n\r\n","date":{"text":"2024","earliest":"2024-01-01","latest":"2024-12-31"}}],"partNumbers":["S.83-1986"],"accessionNumberNum":"83","accessionNumberPrefix":"S","accessionYear":1986,"otherNumbers":[{"type":{"text":"BTMA accession number","id":"THES51752"},"number":"1968/A/101"}],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2024NV3202","2019LV8930"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-29","recordCreationDate":"2003-11-07","availableToBook":false}}