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Fancy dress costume

Designer Léon Bakst Russian, born present day Belarus
Designer Textile designed by Raoul Dufy French
1919
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Fancy dress costume
  • Designer: Léon Bakst (Russian (born present day Belarus), Hrodna (Grodno) 1866–1924 Paris)
  • Designer: Textile designed by Raoul Dufy (French, Le Havre 1877–1953 Forcalquier)
  • Date: 1919
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: silk, glass, plastic
  • Credit Line: Gift of Flora M. Irving, 1980
  • Object Number: 1980.176
  • Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute
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