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

Photograph in a painterly style depicting two women wearing long, sleeveless dresses and a man wearing an animal print leotard. The man bids goodbye to one woman whose back is to the camera while the other woman drags her away by the arm.

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

Description:
Unidentified Dancer as a Nymph Gripping Lubov Tchernicheva as a Nymph, Fleeing from Vaslav Nijinsky as the Faun from L'Après-midi d'un Faune
Artist:
Adolf de Meyer
Medium:
Platinum print
Dimensions:
H. 9.8 cm; W. 19.8 cm
Date:
1912
Inventory Number:
(S) *MGZEC 84-819, No. 2006
Lender:
New York Public Library, Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Credit:
Roger Pryor Dodge Collection
Image courtesy of the New York Public Library