Nureyev 2 Volumes 1995 Christie's New York/ London
$450
OLD MASTER PAINTINGS, EUROPEAN FURNITURE AND WORKS OF ART, PRINTS, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, TEXTILES, BALLET COSTUMES AND MEMORABILIA FROM THE COLLECTION OF RUDOLF NUREYEV [together with] PART II OLD MASTERS AND 19TH CENTURY PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS, PRINTS
Part I
(hardcover)
[307] pp.
507 lots
Part II
(softcover)
[363] pp.
lot #s 600-1400
Christie's New York/ London
1995
10 3/4" x 8 1/2"
Fine
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The two-volume sale catalogue for the auction of the personal collection of ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev. The sales in New York and London included over 1,000 lots from Nureyev's homes, including his apartments in New York and Paris. Ballets costumes, textiles, furniture, paintings, maps, prints are all documented, alongside photographs of the interiors in situ. The catalogues reveal a collector of exquisite taste.
Introduction by Richard Buckle Photographs by Fritz von der Schulenburg and Snowdon. Christie's. New York & London. 12 & 13 January and 20 & 21 November, 1995. 2 volumes, hardback & paperback, quarto; red cloth-bound boards, dust jacket & illustrated wrappers. 315 & 364 pages. Illustrated throughout in colour, with original photographs of Nureyev's homes by Fritz von der Schulenburg and b&w photographs of Nureyev by Lord Snowdon. English.