Anatola SOUNGOUROFF (1911-1982). Bust portrait of Michel RENAULT in costume for Serge LIFAR's ballet "Les mirages". Oil on canvas signed and dated (19)56 lower left (craquelure without missing material). Height 73 cm - Width: 59.5 cm Michel RENAULT (1927-1993) was an Opéra étoile under the direction of Serge LIFAR (1905-1986), ballet master at the Paris Opéra from 1930 to 1944 and from 1947 to 1958.