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Leon Bakst designs

Title
  1. Leon Bakst designs, circa 1911-1923.
Author
  1. Bakst, Léon, 1866-1924

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Description
  1. 1 box (11 drawings) : col.; 40 x 30 cm.
Summary
  1. Original color costume and property designs, 6 for the theater production Phaedre (1923), by Gabriele D'Annunzio, translated by Doderet, music by Pizelli; and one for Aladin (undated). There are also several unidentified designs, 2 possibly for Helene de Sparte (1919) book by Emile Verhaeren, music by Deodat de Severac.
Subject
  1. Bertin, Pierre, 1891-1984
  2. D'Annunzio, Gabriele, 1863-1938
Genre/Form
  1. Costume design drawings.
Call number
  1. *T-Vim 2010-002
Language
  1. French
Note
  1. Several of the designs contain handwritten notes in pencil; some are stamped with the artist's name.
  2. Folder 1 contains an undated portrait of Pierre Bertin as Paul in Aladin.
  3. Folders 2-7 contain designs for Phaedre (1923).
  4. Folders 8-9 contain costume designs for an unidentified production, possibly Helene de Sparte (1919).
  5. Folders 10-11 contain prop and set decoration designs for unidentified productions, possibly La pisanelle (1913) or The martyrdom of St. Sebastian (1911).
Source (note)
  1. Nikita D. Lobanov
Author
  1. Bakst, Léon, 1866-1924. Artist
Title
  1. Leon Bakst designs, circa 1911-1923.
Biography
  1. Ballet, theater and opera designer, and artist Leon Bakst (1866-1924) was born in Hrodna, Belarus, and studied art in St. Petersburg and in Paris. Some of Bakst's best-known works were for Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. He died at his home in Paris.
Source
  1. Gift; Nikita D. Lobanov, 1976.
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Research call number
  1. *T-Vim 2010-002
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