Lot 402: Eugene Druet

Eugene Druet
nijinsky in costume for his role in the 'danse siamoise' from the ballet 'les orientales', 1910
Silver Print, mounted on cream paper and on card, photographer's wetstamp 'Phot. Procede Druet' on the cream paper mount, photographer's blindstamp 'E. Druet/108, Faubg. St. Honore/Paris' on the card mount,
204 by 340mm
Nijinsky first performed 'Les Orientales' in Paris in 1910, Diaghilev's second Paris season for his Ballet Russe.
The pose captured by Druet was copied by Leon Bakst in a gouache dated 1917. The gouache was sold by Sotheby's, July 1969 for £11400, establishing a world record for a work by the artist.
Literature:
Another print of this image and the gouache by Bakst illustrated: Richard Buckle, Nijinsky, Worcester and London, 1971, pls. 32 and 33, between pp. 206-207, the gouache also illustrated as the dust jacket.