Tracing of a Ballet Costume: Woman in Ruffles

Léon Bakst Russian, born present day Belarus

1923

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Drawing with a tracing for a ballet costume for 'La Nuit Ensorcelée,' created by Léon Bakst in 1923. The design is consists of an off-shoulder dress with high waist, layered, wide sleeves, and calf-length skirt with overlapping scales, bordered with strips of dots. The hair is tied back, and covered with a kerchief, tied around the head and forming a small knot on the back of the neck.

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Title: Tracing of a Ballet Costume: Woman in Ruffles
Artist: Léon Bakst (Russian (born present day Belarus), Hrodna (Grodno) 1866–1924 Paris)
Date: 1923
Medium: Pencil on two sheets of tracing paper glued together
Dimensions: 13 1/8 x 9 5/8 in. (33.3 x 24.5 cm)
Classifications: Drawings, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: Gift of Nikita D. Lobanov, 1966
Object Number: 66.753.2
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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