Tracing of a Ballet Costume: St Sebastian

Léon Bakst Russian, born present day Belarus

1922

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Title: Tracing of a Ballet Costume: St Sebastian
Artist: Léon Bakst (Russian (born present day Belarus), Hrodna (Grodno) 1866–1924 Paris)
Date: 1922
Medium: Pencil on tracing paper
Dimensions: 12 1/16 x 10 11/16 in. (30.6 x 27.2 cm)
Classifications: Drawings, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: Gift of Nikita D. Lobanov, 1966
Object Number: 66.753.3
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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