Eileen Mayo (English; 1906–1994)Apollo MusagetesDrawing of Serge Lifar in George Balanchine’s
Eileen Mayo (English; 1906–1994)Apollo MusagetesDrawing of Serge Lifar in George Balanchine’s ballet Apollon Musagète (Apollo, Leader of the Muses), premiered by Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes, June 12, 1928Pencil, pastel, gouache, and gold paint on paper, ca. late 1920s Victoria and Albert Museum, London -- source link
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