A Russian Devotee

Léon Bakst Russian, born present day Belarus

1922

Not on view

As much as Bakst designs for the Ballets Russes display his wild imagination, much of it was informed by his close study of people and nature. This penetrating portrait of a Russian devotee has so far not been linked to a particular production of the Ballets Russes. More likely, it represents one of his close studies of people and nature that inspired his work when trying to invoke a specific time and place for a certain performance.

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Title: A Russian Devotee
Artist: Léon Bakst (Russian (born present day Belarus), Hrodna (Grodno) 1866–1924 Paris)
Date: 1922
Medium: Gouache and watercolor over graphite
Dimensions: 19 1/8 x 12 7/8 in. (48.6 x 32.7 cm)
Classifications: Drawings, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: Gift of Sir Joseph Duveen, 1922
Object Number: 22.226.3
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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Costume Design for a Courtier, likely for the Ballet 'La Belle au Bois Dormant' (Sleeping Beauty), premiered at the Alhambra Theatre in London, 1921, Léon Bakst Russian, born present day Belarus, Watercolor, graphite, gold paint — Costume Design for a Courtier, likely for the Ballet 'La Belle au Bois Dormant' (Sleeping Beauty), premiered at the Alhambra Theatre in London, 1921
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ca. 1921

Costume Design for a Valet, likely for the Ballet 'Les Papillons', premiered at the Théâtre de Monte-Carlo, 1914, Léon Bakst Russian, born present day Belarus, Gouache and graphite — Costume Design for a Valet, likely for the Ballet 'Les Papillons', premiered at the Théâtre de Monte-Carlo, 1914
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ca. 1914

Landscape, possibly a detail of the Set Design for the Ballet 'Narcisse', premiered at the Théâtre de Monte Carlo, 1911, Léon Bakst Russian, born present day Belarus, Gouache and graphite — Landscape, possibly a detail of the Set Design for the Ballet 'Narcisse', premiered at the Théâtre de Monte Carlo, 1911
Léon Bakst
[1911]

Design for the Set of the Ballet 'Narcisse', premiered at the Théâtre de Monte Carlo, 1911, Léon Bakst Russian, born present day Belarus, Watercolor, gouache, and charcoal — Design for the Set of the Ballet 'Narcisse', premiered at the Théâtre de Monte Carlo, 1911
Léon Bakst
1911

Costume Design for a Eunuch in Scheherazade, Léon Bakst Russian, born present day Belarus, Gouache and graphite, heightened with gold paint — Costume Design for a Eunuch in Scheherazade
Léon Bakst
1912

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