Melle Vibon,
1860
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1860
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Melle Vibon, is a 1860 by Marie-Alexandre Alophe, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This print shows Mlle Vibon, a dancer from the Paris Opera in the 1850s. It’s part of a series called *Les Danseuses de l’Opéra*, made around 1860. The piece blends Impressionism and Realism. The dancer may have played a page in the ballet *Vert-Vert*. By then, many male roles were played by women dressed as men. Some prints in the series look like copies of early photos. Check out the artist Marie-Alexandre Alophe.
The dancer poses on her right leg with the left leg extended toward the viewer, her right hand adjusting a cravat and her left arm holding a tricorne hat beneath it. Her head is turned to face the viewer, dressed in an 18th-century costume consisting of a blue skirted coat with cuffs, a white cravat, and full white sleeves gathered at the wrists. Blue breeches fasten below the knee, and blue ribbons fall from her left shoulder. The print, part of the *Les Danseuses de l’Opéra* series published around 1860, depicts a role likely performed by female dancers en travesti in the ballet…
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French lithographer who printed theater stars on silky paper in the 1860s. His prints capture ballerinas in *La Sylphide* and *Marco Spada*, Mademoiselle Fiocre in a Florentine drama, and Mademoiselle Plunkett twirling…
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