René Victor AUBERJONOIS (1872 - 1957) Stravinsky, The Soldier's Tale Watercolor over pencil lines. Monogrammed lower left. Annotations at foot and titled on back. 16 x 20 cm Provenance : Paul Vallotton, Lausanne (label on back of mount). Exhibition: Stravinsky, Kunstmuseum, Basel, 1984 (label on back of mount). The trio of René Victor Auberjonois, Stravinsky and writer Charles Ferdinand Ramuz led to the premiere of L'Histoire du Soldat in Lausanne in September 1918. The libretto was by Ramuz, the music by Stravinsky, and the stage curtain, sets and costumes by Auberjonois. Georges and Ludmilla Pitoëff danced the King's Daughter and the Devil, Gabriel Rosset the Soldier, Élie Gagnebin the Reader and Jean Villard the Devil. Patron Werner Reinhart of Winterthur finances the operation.