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Panel (Dress or Furnishing Fabric)
Léon Bakst
Silk, twill weave; screen printed · 1924
Art Institute of Chicago

Panel (Dress or Furnishing Fabric)
Léon Bakst
Silk, twill weave; screen printed · 1924
Art Institute of Chicago

Panel (Dress or Furnishing Fabric)
Léon Bakst
Silk, twill weave; screen printed · 1924
Art Institute of Chicago

Panel (Dress or Furnishing Fabric)
Léon Bakst
Silk, twill weave; screen printed · 1922
Art Institute of Chicago
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Costume
Léon Bakst
silk, cotton, metallic thread, glass, plastic · 1922
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Costume Study for Vaslav Nijinsky in the Role of Iksender in the Ballet "La Péri" (The Flower of Immortality), first performed in Paris, 1912
Léon Bakst
Watercolor and gold and silver paints over graphite · 1922
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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A Russian Devotee
Léon Bakst
Gouache and watercolor over graphite · 1922
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Porphyrophore. Costume design for the ballet The Sleeping Princess
Léon Bakst
Metallic paint, watercolor, and pencil on paper · 1921
Museum of Modern Art

Costume Design for Man in a Green Jacket, for Ballet Boutique Fantasque
Léon Bakst
Watercolor and graphite on ivory laid paper, laid down on gray board · 1918
Art Institute of Chicago

Costume Design for Man in a Brown Suit, for Ballet Boutique Fastasque
Léon Bakst
Watercolor and graphite with gouache, on ivory laid paper laid down on gray board · 1918
Art Institute of Chicago

Costume Design for Woman with a Lorgnette, for Ballet Boutique Fantastique
Léon Bakst
Watercolor and graphite, with touches of gouache and gold metallic paint, on ivory laid paper, laid down on gray board · 1918
Art Institute of Chicago

Set Design for the Boutique
Léon Bakst
Watercolor and gouache, over graphite, on off-white laid paper, laid down on gray board · 1918
Art Institute of Chicago

Costume Design for Young Woman in Red Bonnet, for Ballet Boutique Fantasque
Léon Bakst
Watercolor and graphite with gouache, on ivory laid paper laid down on gray board · 1917
Art Institute of Chicago

Costume Design for Woman in a Black Coat, for Ballet Boutique Fantasque
Léon Bakst
Watercolor and graphite, with touches of gouache, on ivory laid paper, laid down on gray board · 1917
Art Institute of Chicago
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Mme Ida Rubinstein
Léon Bakst
Watercolor, opaque watercolor, and graphite on paper, mounted on canvas · 1917
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Costume Design for a Courtier, likely for the Ballet 'La Belle au Bois Dormant' (Sleeping Beauty), premiered at the Alhambra Theatre in London, 1921
Léon Bakst
Watercolor, graphite, gold paint · 1916
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Costume Design for Girl in a Green Dress, for Ballet Boutique Fantasque
Léon Bakst
Watercolor, gouache and graphite on ivory laid paper laid down on gray board · 1915
Art Institute of Chicago
Study for The Sleeping Beauty: The Aged King Pleads with the Good Fairy
Léon Bakst
pencil · 1915
Cleveland Museum of Art

Costume Design for La Legende de Joseph
Léon Bakst
Watercolor, with graphite, metallic paint and gouache, on ivory laid paper, laid down on white Japanese paper · 1914
Art Institute of Chicago

Costume design for the ballet The Firebird ( L'Oiseau de feu )
Léon Bakst
Gouache, watercolor, metallic paint, and pencil on paper on board · 1913
Museum of Modern Art

Costume Design for Pretres Agni, for The Blue God
Léon Bakst
Graphite, with gouache, metallic paint, and touches of red watercolor, on ivory laid paper, laid down on tan board · 1911
Art Institute of Chicago
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Landscape, possibly a detail of the Set Design for the Ballet 'Narcisse', premiered at the Théâtre de Monte Carlo, 1911
Léon Bakst
Gouache and graphite · 1911
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Costume Design for Musician, for Cleopatra
Léon Bakst
Watercolor, with graphite and metallic paint, on ivory laid paper, laid down on tan board · 1910
Art Institute of Chicago
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Set design, possibly for the ballet Schéhérezade
Léon Bakst
Watercolor and pencil on paper on board · 1910
Museum of Modern Art