Costume design for Temple Dancer in Le Dieu Bleu (The Blue God)

Maker and role
Artist: Léon Bakst, Russian, 1866-1924
 Year
1922
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Object detail

Media/Materials
Watercolor, gouache, metallic paint, and charcoal on paper, mounted on board
Measurements
25 1/2 x 18 1/2in (64.8 x 47cm)
Credit line
Gift of Robert L. B. Tobin
Accession number
TL1998.49
Object type
Drawings and Watercolors
Department
Theatre Arts
Location
Not on view
Theatre production
Ballet with music by Reynaldo Hahn and choreography by Michel Fokine. Produced by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, Théâtre du Chatelet, Paris, 1912.
Documentation
The Art of Enchantment: Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, 1909-1929; 1988; p. 61, no. 11; pl. 6
Vogue; April 2013; p. 302-303
Bakst: Des Ballets Russes à la Haute Couture; 2016; p. 77
Associated person
Michel Fokine (b.1880, d.1942)
Diaghilev's Ballets Russes
Théâtre du Châtelet
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