Stage property design
- Date:
- Artist/Maker:
Bakst, Leon, born 1866 - died 1924 (costume designer)
- Materials and Techniques:
Pencil, watercolour, gouache and gold paint
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The designer, Leon Bakst, took pains to detail all the stage properties in the single set of the ballet Le Spectre de la rose. These are objects in a young girl's boudoir: an armchair, curtains, an embroidery frame, a 'bed with three lace cushions/silk sheets and blanket', and a 'rosewood and gold harp'. They created a domestic scene for a romantic story. Bakst even shows what the girl was embroidering - a picture of a lap dog.
Physical description
Design by Leon Bakst for four stage properties for the ballet Le Spectre de la rose, Diaghilev Ballets Russes, Monte Carlo, 1911. At upper left a green wing chair with a cushion, at upper right a sewing frame with a curtain pole and curtain, at lower left a concert harp, and at lower right a bed with three pillows and a blanket patterned in purple. Heavily annotated in French.
Date
1911 (drawn)
Artist/maker
Bakst, Leon, born 1866 - died 1924 (costume designer)
Materials and Techniques
Pencil, watercolour, gouache and gold paint
Marks and inscriptions
'bakst'
Dimensions
Height: 39.5 cm, Width: 26.5 cm
Descriptive line
Design by Leon Bakst for stage properties for the ballet Le Spectre de la rose, Diaghilev Ballets Russes, Monte Carlo, 1911.
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Schouvaloff, Alexander, Theatre on Paper. New York: The Drawing Center, 1990, p.166.
Buckle, Richard, In Search of Diaghilev. London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1955, p.17.
A Feast of Wonders: Sergei Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes, edited by John Bowlt, Zelfira Tregulova and Nathalie Giordano. Milan: Skira, 2009, p.150.
Exhibition History
Theatre on Paper (The Drawing Center, Museum for the Study & Exhibition of Drawings 21/07/1990-31/07/2004)
Materials
Pencil; Watercolour; Gouache; Gold paint
Techniques
Drawing (image-making)
Categories
Entertainment & Leisure; Designs
Collection code
T&P
