Photograph: Vaslav Nijinsky and Lubov Tchernicheva in L'Après-midi d'un Faune

Photograph in a painterly style depicting a man wearing an animal print leotard, strutting towards a woman in a long, flowing dress.

Photograph: Vaslav Nijinsky and Lubov Tchernicheva in L'Après-midi d'un Faune

Description:
Vaslav Nijinsky as the Faun Approaching Lubov Tchernicheva as a Nymph from L'Après-midi d'un Faune
Artist:
Adolf de Meyer
Medium:
Platinum print
Dimensions:
H. 15.7 cm; W. 18.4 cm
Date:
1912
Inventory Number:
(S) *MGZEC 84-819, No. 2003
Lender:
New York Public Library, Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Credit:
Roger Pryor Dodge Collection
Image courtesy of the New York Public Library