C0453Guide to the Ernst Oppler illustrations of Anna Pavlova in "The Dying Swan" C0453Ernst Oppler illustrations of Anna Pavlova in "The Dying Swan"Elizabeth BeckmanGeorge Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center

November 14, 2019

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-05-14 07:02:07 -0400.Description is in English Describing Archives: A Content Standard George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center Ernst Oppler illustrations of Anna Pavlova in "The Dying Swan" Oppler, Ernst, 1867-1929 C0453 /repositories/2/resources/497 0.01 Linear Feet 4 items 1914- circa 1924 Four drypoint etchings of Anna Pavlova performing the ballet solo "The Dying Swan," drawn by Ernst Oppler. R 72, C 3, S 1 English . 1 Access Restrictions

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 Use Restrictions

Public Domain. There are no known restrictions.

 Preferred Citation

Ernst Oppler illustrations of Anna Pavlova in "The Dying Swan," C0453, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

 Acquisition Information

Purchased by Steve Gerber from Schubertiade Music on 1/20/2011.

 Processing Information

Processing completed by Elizabeth Beckman in November 2019. EAD markup completed by Elizabeth Beckman in November 2019. This item was formerly part of the Performing Arts Manuscript Materials collection, C0215.

 Biographical Information

Anna Pavlova (1881-1931) was the most famous ballerina of the early 20th century. Born in Russia, she trained with the Imperial Ballet School and danced with the Russian Imperial Ballet from 1899 until 1913 (John F. Kennedy Center, "Anna Pavlova"). She toured the world and also danced with Sergei Diaghlev's Ballets Russes. In 1913, she relocated permanently to the United Kingdom and formed her own dance company (Victoria and Albert Museum, "Anna Pavlova"). Pavlova's famous solo, "The Dying Swan," was performed to music by Camille Saint-Saens.

German artist Ernst Oppler (1867-1929) sketched and made engravings of Anna Pavlova and several other dancers associated with the Ballets Russes ("Ernst Oppler," "Oppler, Ernst").

 Scope and Content

Four drypoint etchings of Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova in various poses from the famous ballet solo "The Dying Swan," dated 1914, 1917, and circa 1924 (one is undated). According to the dealer from whom they were purchased, the etchings are numbers 7,8, 21, and 22 of a series of etchings by German artist Ernst Oppler.

 Arrangement

The etchings are arranged in chronological order - 1914, 1917, circa 1924, and undated.

 Bibliography

"Ernst Oppler," art-scene.tv, 2018, accessed November 14, 2019. https://www.art-scene.tv/en/events/details/cr/all/c/ernst-oppler.html

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, "Anna Pavlova," kennedy-center.org, accessed November 14, 2019. https://www.kennedy-center.org/Artist/A3516

"Oppler, Ernst." Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00133288

Victoria and Albert Museum, "Anna Pavlova," vam.ac.uk, 2016, accessed November 14, 2019. http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/a/anna-pavlova/

 Ballet Dying swan (Choreographic work : Fokine) Pavlova, Anna, 1881-1931