Léonide Massine


Photograph

Pedro Pruna (1904-1977). Les Matelots, Costume design, 1925. Pencil and acrylic. Howard D. Rothschild Collection. pf MS Thr 414.4 (115). Bequest, 1989.

Costume design by Pedro Pruna for the ballet Les Matelots

The main characters in this ballet were three sailors and two girls, Vera NemĀ­chinova and Lydia Sokolova. It is not known for which of the latter this design was intended.