Costume design for the Beautiful Fairy in La Belle au Bois Dormant (The Sleeping Princess)
Maker and role
Workshop of: Léon Bakst, Russian, 1866-1924
Year
1916
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Watercolor, metallic paint, ink, and graphite on paper, mounted on board
Measurements
11 3/8 x 17 3/8in (28.9 x 44.1cm)
Credit line
Gift of Robert L. B. Tobin
Accession number
TL1998.63
Object type
Department
Location
Theatre production
Ballet with music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Produced at the Hippodrome Theater, New York, 1916, with Anna Pavlova as Aurora.
Documentation
Diaghilev: Costumes and Designs of the Ballets Russes; 1978
Designing Dreams: A Celebration of Léon Bakst; 2016; p. 122, no. 38
Designing Dreams: A Celebration of Léon Bakst; 2016; p. 122, no. 38
Signature & date
Stamped signature, l.c.: Bakst
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