The Art of Nijinsky
New York: McBride Nast & Co., 1914. First American Edition. Small 8vo. 110 pp (last page uncut). 10 color plates (including frontispiece with tissue guard) by Dorothy Mullock. Brick-red cloth with gilt lettering to front cover & spine. Minor wear to extremities; light fading to spine; small white spots along front fore-edge; light tanning to endpapgers; a very good copy. Item #22773
Considered the earliest full-length critical study of the famed ballet dancer and choreographer Vaslav Nijinsky, regarded as the greatest male dancer of the early 20th century, with the dancer’s own input. Accompanied with Dorothy Mullock’s watercolor plates which vividly capture Nijinsky’s physical grace and theatrical presence.
Price: $200.00