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Costume Study for Vaslav Nijinsky in the Role of Iksender in the Ballet "La Péri" (The Flower of Immortality), first performed in Paris, 1912, Léon Bakst Russian, born present day Belarus, Watercolor and gold and silver paints over graphite
Costume Study for Vaslav Nijinsky in the Role of Iksender in the Ballet "La Péri" (The Flower of Immortality), first performed in Paris, 1912
Léon Bakst
1922
Costume, Léon Bakst Russian, born present day Belarus, silk, cotton, metallic thread, glass, plastic, American
Costume
Léon Bakst
1922–23
Fancy dress costume, Léon Bakst Russian, born present day Belarus, silk, glass, plastic, American
Fancy dress costume
Léon Bakst
Raoul Dufy
1919
Mme Ida Rubinstein, Léon Bakst Russian, born present day Belarus, Watercolor, opaque watercolor, and graphite on paper, mounted on canvas
Mme Ida Rubinstein
Léon Bakst
1917
Stage Design for Scheherazade
Léon Bakst
Messrs. M. Knoedler & Co. announce an exhibition of water colors, drawings and stage decorations by Leon Bakst : April 10th to April 24th, inclusive, 1920, Léon Bakst Russian, born present day Belarus
Messrs. M. Knoedler & Co. announce an exhibition of water colors, drawings and stage decorations by Leon Bakst : April 10th to April 24th, inclusive, 1920
Léon Bakst
M. Knoedler & Co.
1920
'Fantaisie sur le costume moderne': Two female haute couture figures, Léon Bakst Russian, born present day Belarus, Graphite, brush and watercolor and bodycolor
'Fantaisie sur le costume moderne': Two female haute couture figures
Léon Bakst
1910
Russian female dancer costume for "La Fée des Poupées", Léon Bakst Russian, born present day Belarus, Graphite on tracing paper; squared
Russian female dancer costume for "La Fée des Poupées"
Léon Bakst
1903
Russian male dancer costume, Léon Bakst Russian, born present day Belarus, Graphite on tracing paper
Russian male dancer costume
Léon Bakst
n.d.
Russian female costume, Léon Bakst Russian, born present day Belarus, Graphite on tracing paper
Russian female costume
Léon Bakst
n.d.
Woman wearing a yellow bonnet and polka-dot dress, Léon Bakst Russian, born present day Belarus, Graphite, brush and watercolor and bodycolor
Woman wearing a yellow bonnet and polka-dot dress
Léon Bakst
n.d.
Costume design for a Brigand Boy in the Ballet 'Daphnis and Chloé', performed at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, 1912, Léon Bakst Russian, born present day Belarus, Watercolor and lead pencil
Costume design for a Brigand Boy in the Ballet 'Daphnis and Chloé', performed at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, 1912
Léon Bakst
[1912]
Landscape with Shepherds, Set Design for the Ballet 'Daphnis and Chloé', performed at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, 1912, Léon Bakst Russian, born present day Belarus, Watercolor
Landscape with Shepherds, Set Design for the Ballet 'Daphnis and Chloé', performed at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, 1912
Léon Bakst
[1911]
A Russian Devotee, Léon Bakst Russian, born present day Belarus, Gouache and watercolor over graphite
A Russian Devotee
Léon Bakst
1922
Costume Design for Captain Faloppa in "The Good-Humored Ladies" (Le Donne de Buon Umore), premiered in Rome, April 12, 1917, Léon Bakst , and /or workshop Russian, born present day Belarus, Watercolor, graphite, touches of metallic powder paint
Costume Design for Captain Faloppa in "The Good-Humored Ladies" (Le Donne de Buon Umore), premiered in Rome, April 12, 1917
Léon Bakst
1917
Costume Design for a Courtier, likely for the Ballet 'La Belle au Bois Dormant' (Sleeping Beauty), premiered at the Alhambra Theatre in London, 1921, Léon Bakst Russian, born present day Belarus, Watercolor, graphite, gold paint
Costume Design for a Courtier, likely for the Ballet 'La Belle au Bois Dormant' (Sleeping Beauty), premiered at the Alhambra Theatre in London, 1921
Léon Bakst
ca. 1921
Costume Design for a Woman from the Village, for the Ballet 'Daphnis and Chloé', performed at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, 1912, Léon Bakst Russian, born present day Belarus, Watercolor and graphite
Costume Design for a Woman from the Village, for the Ballet 'Daphnis and Chloé', performed at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, 1912
Léon Bakst
[1912]
Costume Design for a Eunuch in Scheherazade, Léon Bakst Russian, born present day Belarus, Gouache and graphite, heightened with gold paint
Costume Design for a Eunuch in Scheherazade
Léon Bakst
1912
Costume Design for a Female Courtier, likely for the Ballet 'La Belle au Bois Dormant' (Sleeping Beauty), premiered at the Alhambra Theatre in London, 1921, Léon Bakst Russian, born present day Belarus, Watercolor and graphite
Costume Design for a Female Courtier, likely for the Ballet 'La Belle au Bois Dormant' (Sleeping Beauty), premiered at the Alhambra Theatre in London, 1921
Léon Bakst
ca. 1921
Design for a Daybed, used by Ida Rubinstein during the Rehearsals for Cleopatra, Léon Bakst Russian, born present day Belarus, Gouache, graphite, and gold paint
Design for a Daybed, used by Ida Rubinstein during the Rehearsals for Cleopatra
Léon Bakst
1909
Design for a Textile Pattern, possibly for Costumes in the Ballet 'Le Dieu Bleu' (1912), Léon Bakst Russian, born present day Belarus, Graphite, gold and silver paint
Design for a Textile Pattern, possibly for Costumes in the Ballet 'Le Dieu Bleu' (1912)
Léon Bakst
ca. 1910–24
Landscape, possibly a detail of the Set Design for the Ballet 'Narcisse', premiered at the Théâtre de Monte Carlo, 1911, Léon Bakst Russian, born present day Belarus, Gouache and graphite
Landscape, possibly a detail of the Set Design for the Ballet 'Narcisse', premiered at the Théâtre de Monte Carlo, 1911
Léon Bakst
[1911]
Costume Design for a Valet, likely for the Ballet 'Les Papillons', premiered at the Théâtre de Monte-Carlo, 1914, Léon Bakst Russian, born present day Belarus, Gouache and graphite
Costume Design for a Valet, likely for the Ballet 'Les Papillons', premiered at the Théâtre de Monte-Carlo, 1914
Léon Bakst
ca. 1914
Costume Design for the 'Sultan Samarkand' for the Ballet 'Schéhérazade', Léon Bakst Russian, born present day Belarus, Watercolor, graphite, and gold paint
Costume Design for the 'Sultan Samarkand' for the Ballet 'Schéhérazade'
Léon Bakst
1919
Design for a Stage Set for the Ballet 'Le Donne de Buon Umore’ (The Good Humored Ladies), premiered in Rome, April 12, 1917, Léon Bakst Russian, born present day Belarus, Watercolor and graphite
Design for a Stage Set for the Ballet 'Le Donne de Buon Umore’ (The Good Humored Ladies), premiered in Rome, April 12, 1917
Léon Bakst
1917
Design for a Loom, possibly for the Ballet 'Helen of Sparta' (1913), Léon Bakst Russian, born present day Belarus, Graphite and gouache
Design for a Loom, possibly for the Ballet 'Helen of Sparta' (1913)
Léon Bakst
ca. 1912–23
Design for the Costume of a Slave, for the Ballet 'La Tragédie de Salomé', Léon Bakst Russian, born present day Belarus, Gouache, watercolor, and gold paint
Design for the Costume of a Slave, for the Ballet 'La Tragédie de Salomé'
Léon Bakst
1912
Design for the Set of the Ballet 'Narcisse', premiered at the Théâtre de Monte Carlo, 1911, Léon Bakst Russian, born present day Belarus, Watercolor, gouache, and charcoal
Design for the Set of the Ballet 'Narcisse', premiered at the Théâtre de Monte Carlo, 1911
Léon Bakst
1911
Costume Design for the Ballet 'Thamar', premiered at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, 1912, Léon Bakst Russian, born present day Belarus, Gouache, graphite, and silver paint
Costume Design for the Ballet 'Thamar', premiered at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, 1912
Léon Bakst
1918
Tracing of a Ballet Costume: St Sebastian, Léon Bakst Russian, born present day Belarus, Pencil on tracing paper
Tracing of a Ballet Costume: St Sebastian
Léon Bakst
1922
Tracing of a Ballet Costume: Woman in Ruffles, Léon Bakst Russian, born present day Belarus, Pencil on two sheets of tracing paper glued together
Tracing of a Ballet Costume: Woman in Ruffles
Léon Bakst
1923
Souvenir Serge de Diaghileff's Ballet Russe, Léon Bakst Russian, born present day Belarus
Souvenir Serge de Diaghileff's Ballet Russe
Multiple artists/makers
20th century
Stage Decor
Léon Bakst
n.d.
Stage Decor
Léon Bakst
n.d.
Stage Decor
Léon Bakst
n.d.
Stage Decor with Four Running Peacocks
Léon Bakst
n.d.
Stage Design for Scheherazade
Léon Bakst
n.d.
Léon Bakst, calling card, Anonymous, Engraving
Léon Bakst, calling card
Anonymous
Léon Bakst
ca. 1893–96
Vaslav Nijinski as the Golden Slave in Schéhérazade (preparatory drawing for a print), Florence Wyman Ivins American, Watercolor over charcoal
Vaslav Nijinski as the Golden Slave in Schéhérazade (preparatory drawing for a print)
Florence Wyman Ivins
Léon Bakst
1910–23
Vaslav Nijinski as the Golden Slave in Schéhérazade
Florence Wyman Ivins
Léon Bakst
1910–23
Dora, Auschwitz, Buchenwald, Bergen-Belsen, croquis clandestins, Léon Delarbre French
Dora, Auschwitz, Buchenwald, Bergen-Belsen, croquis clandestins
Léon Delarbre
1945
Architecture et décoration turques au XVe siècle, Léon Parvillée French, Chromolithography
Architecture et décoration turques au XVe siècle
Léon Parvillée
Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc
1874