La Danse. Ballets suédois [The Dance. Swedish Ballets]
La Danse, Paris November-December 1924, 24,5 x 32 cm, stapled
First edition of this special issue on the “Ballets suédois”.
Nice copy despite some small marginal tears on the covers and on the inside of the first cover.
Illustrated cover by Marie Vassilieff and Fernand Léger, illustrations by Picabia, Jean Borlin, Giorgio de Chirico, Touchagues, Foujita.
This issue includes a beautiful layout by Francis Picabia for his “instantaneist” ballet, entitled “Relâche”, with music composed by Erik Satie, and the movie “Entr'acte” by René Clair.
We join the illustrated invitation card by Marie Vassilieff to the “ballet suédois” shows at the théâtre des Champs-élysées in December 1924.