Costume Design for Scheherazade, from The Sleeping Princess, produced by Sergei Diaghilev and performed by the Ballet Russes in London, 1921

1921

Medium: Black chalk, red chalk, watercolor and gouache
Dimensions: 16 1/2 × 11 in. (41.9 × 27.9 cm)
Credit Line: Bequest of Edith Malvina K. Wetmore
Accession Number: 1966.80.15
Geography: Made in Russia
Culture: Russian
Period: 19th–20th century
Classification: Drawings
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figures (representations), human figures (visual works), studies (visual works), watercolors

Ballet Russes costume design fashion hair hats performances

recto, LR: Bakst 21

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