A masseur massaging the back of a young woman reclining on a bed. Watercolour by L. Kainer, 1911.
- Kainer, Ludwig.
- Date:
- [19]11
- Reference:
- 666916i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
Possibly a ballet dancer such as Tamara Karsavina, who danced the title role in the Ballets Russes production of Stravinsky's Firebird when it opened in Paris in 1910: a drawing by Kainer for her costume in that role is in Schleswig-Holstein Museums, and a portrait of her by Kainer is apparently included in Tamare Platovne Karsavinoi, St Petersburg 1914. Kainer also produced a set of 21 plates published as Das Leben einer Dame: ein Bilderbuch f.d. elegante Frauenwelt, Berlin: A. Kuhn, 1921: is the present work reproduced there? (OCLC records two copies only, in Frankfurt and Berlin)
Publication/Creation
[19]11.
Physical description
1 painting : gouache, with watercolour ; sheet 54 x 49 cm
Contributors
Lettering
Kainer 11
Creator/production credits
By Ludwig Kainer, born in Munich 28 June 1885, emigrated to the USA in the 1930s, died in 1967. This work was at one time in Paris (information from provenance)
Reference
Wellcome Collection 666916i
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores