About This Artwork

Designed by Léon Bakst
Russian, born Belarus, 1866–1924
Printed and produced in France

Panel based on Design for Evergreen Theatre, Baltimore Maryland, 1922 (produced 1924)

Silk, twill weave; screen printed
141.1 x 96.9 cm (55 1/2 x 38 1/8 in)
Repeat: 26.4 x 51.2 cm (10 3/8 x 20 1/4 in)
Inscription: Léon Bakst
Gift of Robert Allerton, 1924.184

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Publication History

Christa C. Mayer Thurman. Textiles in The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1992), pp. 125, 127, 149.