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
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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

Type/Technique

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