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Costume for La Fée des Poupées

Postcard
1903 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Series: Each card signed in Cyrillic L Bakst and lettered with the name of the printer A. Ilyin. E.1234-1989 lettered in Cyrillic Price fixed by the censor Oct 26 1904. The leaflet lettered in cyrillic The Fairy of the Dolls. Ballet in one act and two scenes. Music by I Bayer Performed on stage for the first time at the Imperial Hermitage Theatre, St. Petersburg on 7.2.1903. Directed by Lev Bakst and with a list of the costumes, the leaflet also lettered in French. Each card is lettered on the address side, between a red cross: Sold in aid of the Parish of St. Eugene.

Techniques: E.1230, 1231: Letterpress, E.1232-43: colour lithograph


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleCostume for La Fée des Poupées
Materials and techniques
colour lithograph
Brief description
La Fée des Poupées. A set of postcards (12) reproducing costume designs by Bakst, possibly sold as a souvenir at performances of the ballet La Fée des Poupées first performed in 1903. In a decorated envelope, with introductory leaflet.
Physical description
Series: Each card signed in Cyrillic L Bakst and lettered with the name of the printer A. Ilyin. E.1234-1989 lettered in Cyrillic Price fixed by the censor Oct 26 1904. The leaflet lettered in cyrillic The Fairy of the Dolls. Ballet in one act and two scenes. Music by I Bayer Performed on stage for the first time at the Imperial Hermitage Theatre, St. Petersburg on 7.2.1903. Directed by Lev Bakst and with a list of the costumes, the leaflet also lettered in French. Each card is lettered on the address side, between a red cross: Sold in aid of the Parish of St. Eugene.

Techniques: E.1230, 1231: Letterpress, E.1232-43: colour lithograph
Dimensions
  • Height: 14.3cm
  • Width: 9.2cm
Series Measurements: E.1230 folded to 10 x 16 cm, E.1231 folded to 14.2 x 9.1 cm, E.1232-1243 each 14.3 x 9.2 cm
Production
Series Date: 1903 or 1904
Collection
Accession number
E.1242-1989

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Record createdDecember 9, 2008
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