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Costume design
  • Costume design
    Bakst, Leon, born 1866 - died 1924
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Costume design

  • Date:

    1903 (drawn)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Bakst, Leon, born 1866 - died 1924 (costume designer)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Pencil, watercolour and gouache on paper

  • Museum number:

    S.693-1985

  • Gallery location:

    In Storage

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Several of the stage designers who worked for Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes began their careers in Russia's Imperial Theatres. The Fairy Doll, choreographed by the brothers Sergei and Nicolai Legat, was the first ballet designed by Leon Bakst (1866-1924). Inspired by a popular Viennese ballet, its narrative concerned dolls which come to life in a toy shop at night. In 1919 it became the basis for Diaghilev's La Boutique fantasque.

Physical description

Costume design by Leon Bakst for a Doll in the ballet The Fairy Doll, Imperial Hermitage Theatre, St.Petersburg, 1903. Pencil sketch of a young girl in a bonnet, her hair and ringlets painted yellow. She wears a knee length dress with a wide stiff skirt and has a shawl over her shoulders, the ends crossed over her bodice. Her sleeves are highlighted with gouache. Annotated in Russian

Date

1903 (drawn)

Artist/maker

Bakst, Leon, born 1866 - died 1924 (costume designer)

Materials and Techniques

Pencil, watercolour and gouache on paper

Dimensions

Height: 78.5 cm, Width: 57.5 cm

Descriptive line

Costume design by Leon Bakst for a Doll in the ballet The Fairy Doll, Imperial Hermitage Theatre, St.Petersburg, 1903

Materials

Paper; Pencil; Watercolour; Gouache

Techniques

Drawing (image-making)

Categories

Entertainment & Leisure; Designs

Collection code

T&P

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