About this artwork
Léon Bakst received a traditional arts education in Saint Petersburg and went on to study in Paris with the Orientalist painter jean-Léon Gérôme. After returning to Saint Petersburg, he found his greatest success in the theater, creating stage and costume designs. in 1909 he teamed up with Serge Diaghilev to form the Ballets Russes, serving as artistic director. From 1912, he resided in Paris. His stage and costume designs were extremely colorful and incorporated designs borrowed from “exotic” cultures or taken from Russian folk art traditions.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Textiles
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Artist
- Léon Bakst (Designer)
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Title
- Panel (Dress or Furnishing Fabric)
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Place
- United States (Object made in)
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Date
- Made 1924
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Medium
- Silk, twill weave; screen printed
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Dimensions
- 145.8 × 100.1 cm (57 3/8 × 39 3/8 in.)
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Credit Line
- Gift of Robert Allerton
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Reference Number
- 1924.183
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