This original photocolor on paper is a study for the backdrop for Scene IV of the ballet Aleko. Chagall designed sets and costumes for the production of Aleko at the Ballet Theatre of New York along with other several other theatrical productions. These commissions allowed Chagall to use his imagination and interest in fantasy to the fullest.
Framed in fluted gold moulding with off white matboard
- Materials
- Photocolor on Paper
- Size
- 13 1/2 × 20 1/2 in | 34.3 × 52.1 cm
- Rarity
- Medium
- Signature
- Unsigned
- Image rights
- This is an original photocolor on paper and is not a poster print.
Fantasy of St. Petersburg (From the ballet, Aleko), 1958
This original photocolor on paper is a study for the backdrop for Scene IV of the ballet Aleko. Chagall designed sets and costumes for the production of Aleko at the Ballet Theatre of New York along with other several other theatrical productions. These commissions allowed Chagall to use his imagination and interest in fantasy to the fullest.
Framed in fluted gold moulding with off white matboard
- Materials
- Photocolor on Paper
- Size
- 13 1/2 × 20 1/2 in | 34.3 × 52.1 cm
- Rarity
- Medium
- Signature
- Unsigned
- Image rights
- This is an original photocolor on paper and is not a poster print.

