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Costume Design for La Legende de Joseph

A work made of watercolor, with graphite, metallic paint and gouache, on ivory laid paper, laid down on white japanese paper.

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  • A work made of watercolor, with graphite, metallic paint and gouache, on ivory laid paper, laid down on white japanese paper.

Date:

1914/24

Artist:

Léon Bakst
Russian, 1868-1924

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Léon Bakst

Title

Costume Design for La Legende de Joseph

Place

Russia (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1914–1924

Medium

Watercolor, with graphite, metallic paint and gouache, on ivory laid paper, laid down on white Japanese paper

Dimensions

32.2 × 24.1 cm (12 11/16 × 9 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Sidney A. Kent Fund

Reference Number

1920.2532

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