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Prints and Drawings
Artist: Léon Bakst, Russian, 1866–1924
Costume Design for Scheherazade, from The Sleeping Princess, produced by Sergei Diaghilev and performed by the Ballet Russes in London, 1921
1921
Black chalk, red chalk, watercolor and gouache
41.9 × 27.9 cm (16 1/2 × 11 in.)
Bequest of Edith Malvina K. Wetmore
1966.80.15
Geography:
Made in Russia
Status:
Culture:
Russian
Period:
19th–20th century
Classification:
Works on Paper - Drawings and Watercolors
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.