Schéhérazade

Exhibition
30 Apr – 30 Oct 1983

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A major exhibition of the Gallery’s renowned collection of Serge Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes.

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Simeran Maxwell on Serge Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes

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A set of three paintings with abstract human figures in hammocks.

Simeran Maxwell examines the National Gallery’s Francis Bacon painting ‘Triptych’ 1970, an early acquisition for the Gallery.

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