BALIEFF NIKITA (1877-1936) La Chauve-Souris de Moscou de Nikita Balieff au Theatre Femina. Saison 1924-1925. Paris, [1924].

The illustrations were made by such famous Russian artists as Alexander Benois, Nikolai Benois, Sergei Sudeikin, Vasily Shukhaev, Lado Gudiashvili, the centerfold reproduces Ilya Repin’s painting (1880-1891). Nikita Fedorovich Baliev (real name Mkrtich Asvadurovich Balyan, 1876-1936) - actor, director, entertainer, founder and director of the Moscow theater «The Bat».