The Firebird (From Stravinsky)
Close up of The Firebird (From Stravinsky)
![A three-dimensional collage explodes into space with cut-out shapes of black, red, white and blue. Concentrated in the center, the piece dissipates towards the edges, with a bird's head peeking out of the morass towards the top. The canvas floats within a larger, white frame.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/2004.34.jpg)
![A three-dimensional collage explodes into space with cut-out shapes of black, red, white and blue. Concentrated in the center, the piece dissipates towards the edges, with a bird's head peeking out of the morass towards the top. The canvas floats within a larger, white frame.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/2004.34.jpg)
This unique artist’s book, like many of Elisabetta Gut’s works, is a visual representation of music and dance.
The Firebird evokes the lightness and plumage of a beautiful bird, a figure that animates the flowing music of Russian composer Igor Stravinsky’s famous ballet, first performed in Paris in 1910. Stravinsky’s Firebird is based on Russian folk tales of a magical, glowing bird that is both a blessing and a curse to its captor.