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Leon Bakst designs

Title
Leon Bakst designs, circa 1911-1923.
Author
Bakst, Léon, 1866-1924.
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Box 1Still imageSupervised use *T-Vim 2010-002 Box 1Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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Description
1 box (11 drawings) : col.; 40 x 30 cm.
Summary
Original color costume and property designs, 6 for the theater production Phaedre (1923), by Gabriele D'Annunzio, translated by Doderet, music by Pizelli; and one for Aladin (undated).
Subjects
Genre/Form
Costume design drawings.
Note
  • Several of the designs contain handwritten notes in pencil; some are stamped with the artist's name.
  • Folder 1 contains an undated portrait of Pierre Bertin as Paul in Aladin.
  • Folders 2-7 contain designs for Phaedre (1923).
  • Folders 8-9 contain costume designs for an unidentified production, possibly Helene de Sparte (1919).
  • Folders 10-11 contain prop and set decoration designs for unidentified productions, possibly La pisanelle (1913) or The martyrdom of St. Sebastian (1911).
Source (note)
  • Nikita D. Lobanov
Call Number
*T-Vim 2010-002
OCLC
667589556
Author
Bakst, Léon, 1866-1924. Artist
Title
Leon Bakst designs, circa 1911-1923.
Biography
Ballet, theater and opera designer, and artist Leon Bakst (1866-1924) was born in Hrodna, Belarus, and studied art in St. Petersburg and in Paris. Some of Bakst's best-known works were for Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. He died at his home in Paris.
Source
Gift; Nikita D. Lobanov, 1976.
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