Nijinsky, Vaslav - Signed Contract-Receipt and Drawing 1917 Programs Music Signed Pianists who left Czechoslovakia to escape

who left Czechoslovakia to escape the Nazis and settle in New York State and comittet suicide in 1977

Carnegie Hall and Town Hall

celebrated in both opera and operetta

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Attractive - and quite rare - historic item

Nijinsky, Vaslav - Signed Contract-Receipt and Drawing 1917 Programs Music Signed Pianists who left Czechoslovakia to escapeRussian ballet dancer (1890 1950) and choreographer, probably the most celebrated male dancer in the entire history of dance. Important original type written receipt signed by him, dated on August 24th, 1917 in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Nijinsky receives the amount of $500 (USD) for his 7th show on a tour in South America. Payment part of a contract for $2,000 previously signed in Barcelona with Sergei Diaghilev. Nijinsky had left Europe on July 4th,