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Mme Ida Rubinstein

Léon Bakst Russian, born present day Belarus
1917
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Mme Ida Rubinstein
  • Artist: Léon Bakst (Russian (born present day Belarus), Hrodna (Grodno) 1866–1924 Paris)
  • Date: 1917
  • Medium: Watercolor, opaque watercolor, and graphite on paper, mounted on canvas
  • Dimensions: 50 1/2 × 27 1/4 in. (128.3 × 69.2 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: The Chester Dale Collection, Bequest of Chester Dale, 1962
  • Object Number: 64.97.1
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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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
Léon Bakst
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
Léon Bakst
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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