Stage Design for Scheherazade

Designer Léon Bakst Russian, born present day Belarus
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Stage Design for Scheherazade
  • Designer: Léon Bakst (Russian (born present day Belarus), Hrodna (Grodno) 1866–1924 Paris)
  • Medium: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on heavy wove paper
  • Dimensions: Image: 11 3/4 x 15 15/16 in. (29.8 x 40.5 cm)
    Sheet: 13 9/16 x 20 in. (34.5 x 50.8 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Gift of Nikita D. Lobanov, 1969
  • Object Number: 69.538.6
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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