Porphyrophore. Costume design for the ballet The Sleeping Princess
Catalogue
- Year
- 1921
- Dimensions
- 17 5/8 x 11 5/8" (44.6 x 29.3 cm)
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Artist
- Léon Bakst
Artist
Painting
Léon (Lev) Samoylovich Bakst, born Leyb-Khaim Izrailevich Rosenberg, was a Russian painter and scene and costume designer of Jewish origin. He was a member of the Sergei Diaghilev circle and the Ballets Russes, for which he designed exotic, richly coloured sets and costumes. He designed the décor for such productions as Carnaval (1910), Spectre de la rose (1911), Daphnis and Chloe (1912), The Sleeping Princess (1921) and others.
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- Léon Bakst
- Year
- 1921
- Dimensions
- 17 5/8 x 11 5/8" (44.6 x 29.3 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1921-M028625
Source
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Source
- moma
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- verified