Schéhérazade: The Secret of the Harem
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Artist: Léon Bakst, Russian, 1866-1924
Year
1912
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
17 1/2 x 23 1/2in (44.5 x 59.7cm)
Credit line
Gift of Robert L. B. Tobin
Accession number
TL1998.82
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Location
Theatre production
Ballet with music by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and choreography by Michel Fokine. Premiered by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes at the Théâtre National de l'Opera, Paris, 1910. Principal dancers included Ida Rubinstein as Zobeide and Vaslav Nijinsky as the Favorite Slave.
Documentation
The Art of Enchantment: Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, 1909-1929; 1988; no. 9
La danza delle Avanguardie: Dipinti, scene e costumi, da Degas a Picasso, da Matisse a Keith Haring; Museo d'arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Gabriella Belli, Elisa Vaccarino; 2005; p. 276
La danza delle Avanguardie: Dipinti, scene e costumi, da Degas a Picasso, da Matisse a Keith Haring; Museo d'arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Gabriella Belli, Elisa Vaccarino; 2005; p. 276
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