Design for the costume of Columbine

Physical description

Design for the costume of Columbine

Date

1921 (made)

Artist/maker

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

Materials and Techniques

Water-colours, body-colours and gold paint over pencil drawing.

Marks and inscriptions

Bakst 1921

Dimensions

Height: 29.2 cm, Length: 22.5 cm

Object history note

Design for the costume of Columbine in the ballet The Sleeping Princess

Descriptive line

Design for the costume of Columbine in the ballet The Sleeping Princess by Léon Bakst; 1921.

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

Salmina-Haskell, L, Catalogue of Russian Drawings, London: V & A, 1972, p. 6, cat. 4.
Jane Pritchard, ed. Diaghilev and the golden age of the Ballet Russes, 1909-1929 London: V&A Publishing, 2010. ISBN: 9781851776139.
Exhibition catalogue

Exhibition History

Diaghilev and the Golden Age of the Ballets Russes, 1909-1929 (Musee National des Beaux-Arts du Quebec 09/06/2011-05/09/2011)
Diaghilev and the Golden Age of the Ballets Russes, 1909-1929 (Victoria and Albert Museum 09/01/2010-25/09/2010)
Les Ballets Russes de Serge de Diaghilev 1909-1929. (Ville de Strasbourg à L'Ancienne Douane 15/05/1969-15/09/1969)
Ballet Designs and Illustrations 1581-1940 (Victoria and Albert Museum 01/01/1967-31/12/1967)
Diaghilev (Forbes House 01/01/1955-31/12/1955)
Diaghilev (Edinburgh 01/01/1954-31/12/1954)
Ballet Russes de Diaghilev 1909-1829 (Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris 01/01/1939-31/12/1939)
I. Modern French and Russian Designs for Costume and Scenery. II. Playbills and Prints. Selected Examples from the Gabrielle Enthoven Colection (Victoria and Albert Museum 01/01/1929-31/12/1929)

Subjects depicted

Costume; Columbine

Categories

Drawings; Designs

Production Type

Unique

Collection code

PDP