Anna Pavlova. Palais du Trocadero. Juin 1921 [Souvenir Programme]

Cover illustration by Nicolai Remisoff.

Comoedia Illustre. Paris. June 1921. First edition. Paperback; stapled wrappes with tied cord, printed order of dances loosely inserted 18 pages. Pochoir cover illustration by Remisoff; 13 b&w photographs and 1 illustration. French. 320 x 245mm. 0.2kg. . Very good; light shelf wear to wrappers, uneven browning to wrappers, some slight spotting, 2cm tear at base of spine, 1cm tear to lower edge of wrappers and pages, light rusting to staples.

A souvenir programme for the performances of Anna Pavlova and her troupe at the Palais du Trocadero in June 1921. The performances were in aid of the Anna Pavlova Foundation for Russian infant refugees, and widows and orphans of the War. Nicolai Remisoff's pochoir illustration of Pavlova graces the front cover and the programme includes many photographs of the dancers, the majority by Frans Van Riel.