$3,081
Gladys Rockmore Davis (American, 1901-1967) In the Wings, Ballet "Aleko" Signed "G. ROCKMORE DAVIS-" l.l., identified and titled "Eleko [sic]" on a label from Babcock Galleries, New York, affixed to the reverse, titled "In the Wings" on the strainer. Oil on canvas, 40 x 25 in. (101.6 x 63.5 cm), framed. Condition: Craquelure, minor retouch, subtle varnish inconsistencies. Provenance: Midtown Galleries, New York; Babcock Galleries, New York. Literature: Gladys Rockmore Davis, New York: American Artsists Group, Inc., 1945 (illus.); Mildred Bailey Carpenter, You've Got to Show Missouri , Art News, February 15 to 28, 1945, p. 14 (illus.); Thirty-eighth Annual Exhibition of Paintings by American Artists [Exhibition Catalogue], February 10 to March 12, 1945, City Art Museum of St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, no. 16. (illus.) Exhibitions: Thirty-eighth Annual Exhibition of Paintings by American Artists, February 10 to March 12, 1945, City Art Museum of St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, no. 16. N.B. Aleko was created by the Russian dancer and choreographer Léonide Massine in 1942 for the Ballet Theatre of New York (presently the American Ballet Theatre). It was adapted from Eugene Pushkin's Romantic poem "Gypsies" and set to Tchaikovsky's Trio in A Minor. Aleko was performed at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York and was in the company's repetoire from 1942 to 1946, with several revivals in 1947, 1953, 1955, and 1968. (1) Leland Windreich, Massine's "Aleko
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-02-03
