Valentine HugoFrancia, 1887–1968Drawing
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Pencil sketch of Vaslav Nijinsky in the death of Petruska in Scene IV of Mikhail Fokine's ballet Petrushka, created for Diaghilev Ballets Russes, 1911.
Valentine Gross sketched scenes from the ballet probably at the Théâtre de Champs-Elysées during rehearsal or performance c 1911.
Diaghilev Ballets Russes Petrushka (also transliterated Petrouchka) was first premiered in Paris at Théâtre du Châtelet on 13 June 1911. This production is set in the carnival atmosphere of a pre-Lenten fair in 19th century St. Petersburg. Scene 2 of the ballet shows the puppet Petrouchka in his cell, frustrated by his own limitations and subservient position in relation to the controlling puppetmaster/charlatan pictured on his cell wall. It is a scene of considerable pathos in which the dancer took on the characteristics of the puppet.
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Valentine Gross, a.k.a. Valentine Hugo, was a French art student in Paris in the 1910s. She became a ballet enthusiast, illustrator, researcher and painter. Valentine Gross witnessed annual seasons of Diaghlev Ballets Russes in Paris and made preminary sketches during performances and rehearsals between 1909 and 1914. She later worked them up into pencil or coloured drawings of various degrees of finish including illustrations and paintings.
This sketch is part of the Valentine Gross Archive (THM/165), held by the V&A Department of Theatre and Performance. Valentine Gross Archive contains research material and artwork, including sketches, studies, drawings, pastels and illustrations. Only the artwork materials have been catalogued with museum numbers and given item level descriptions found in the Search the Collections webpage.
The sketch features on page 89 of Nijinsky on Stage by Richard Buckle, published in London by Studio Vista in 1971. This sketch represents Petrushka about to die in Scene IV and features in the book on page 89.
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