Costume design for Lilac Fairy in La Belle au Bois Dormant (The Sleeping Princess)
Maker and role
Artist: Léon Bakst, Russian, 1866-1924
Year
ca. 1921
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Watercolor, metallic paint, and graphite on paper
Measurements
sheet, 11 1/2 x 8 7/8in (29.2 x 22.5cm)
Credit line
Gift of Robert L. B. Tobin
Accession number
TL1998.67
Object type
Department
Location
Theatre production
Ballet with music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, partially reorchestrated by Igor Stravinsky, and choreography by Marius Petipa and Bronislava Nijinska. Produced by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, Alhambra Theatre, London, 1921.
Documentation
The Art of Enchantment: Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, 1909-1929; 1988; no. 20
Designing Dreams: A Celebration of Léon Bakst; 2016; p. 113, no. 10
Designing Dreams: A Celebration of Léon Bakst; 2016; p. 113, no. 10
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