Artworks · Léon Bakst

Panel (Dress or Furnishing Fabric)

1924 · Silk, twill weave; screen printed

145.8 × 100.1 cm (57 3/8 × 39 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Panel (Dress or Furnishing Fabric)

1924 · Silk, twill weave; screen printed

139.1 × 99.1 cm (54 3/4 × 39 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Panel (Dress or Furnishing Fabric)

1924 · Silk, twill weave; screen printed

137.2 × 99.1 cm (54 × 39 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Panel (Dress or Furnishing Fabric)

1922 · Silk, twill weave; screen printed

140 × 100.3 cm (55 1/8 × 39 1/2 in.); Repeat: 26.4 × 51.2 cm (10 3/8 × 20 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Costume

1922 · silk, cotton, metallic thread, glass, plastic

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Costume Study for Vaslav Nijinsky in the Role of Iksender in the Ballet "La Péri" (The Flower of Immortality), first performed in Paris, 1912

1922 · Watercolor and gold and silver paints over graphite

26 5/8 x 19 1/4in. (67.6 x 48.9cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Russian Devotee

1922 · Gouache and watercolor over graphite

19 1/8 x 12 7/8 in. (48.6 x 32.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Porphyrophore. Costume design for the ballet The Sleeping Princess

1921 · Metallic paint, watercolor, and pencil on paper

17 5/8 x 11 5/8" (44.6 x 29.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Costume Design for Man in a Green Jacket, for Ballet Boutique Fantasque

1918 · Watercolor and graphite on ivory laid paper, laid down on gray board

45 × 29.4 cm (17 3/4 × 11 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Costume Design for Man in a Brown Suit, for Ballet Boutique Fastasque

1918 · Watercolor and graphite with gouache, on ivory laid paper laid down on gray board

48.8 × 33.1 cm (19 1/4 × 13 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Costume Design for Woman with a Lorgnette, for Ballet Boutique Fantastique

1918 · Watercolor and graphite, with touches of gouache and gold metallic paint, on ivory laid paper, laid down on gray board

45 × 29.4 cm (17 3/4 × 11 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Set Design for the Boutique

1918 · Watercolor and gouache, over graphite, on off-white laid paper, laid down on gray board

45.8 × 62.5 cm (18 1/16 × 24 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Costume Design for Young Woman in Red Bonnet, for Ballet Boutique Fantasque

1917 · Watercolor and graphite with gouache, on ivory laid paper laid down on gray board

44.8 × 29.4 cm (17 11/16 × 11 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Costume Design for Woman in a Black Coat, for Ballet Boutique Fantasque

1917 · Watercolor and graphite, with touches of gouache, on ivory laid paper, laid down on gray board

44.9 × 29.5 cm (17 11/16 × 11 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mme Ida Rubinstein

1917 · Watercolor, opaque watercolor, and graphite on paper, mounted on canvas

50 1/2 × 27 1/4 in. (128.3 × 69.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Costume Design for a Courtier, likely for the Ballet 'La Belle au Bois Dormant' (Sleeping Beauty), premiered at the Alhambra Theatre in London, 1921

1916 · Watercolor, graphite, gold paint

Sheet: 11 × 8 1/4 in. (27.9 × 21 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Costume Design for Girl in a Green Dress, for Ballet Boutique Fantasque

1915 · Watercolor, gouache and graphite on ivory laid paper laid down on gray board

44.8 × 29.4 cm (17 11/16 × 11 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Study for The Sleeping Beauty: The Aged King Pleads with the Good Fairy

1915 · pencil

Sheet: 33.5 x 16.8 cm (13 3/16 x 6 5/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Costume Design for La Legende de Joseph

1914 · Watercolor, with graphite, metallic paint and gouache, on ivory laid paper, laid down on white Japanese paper

32.2 × 24.1 cm (12 11/16 × 9 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Costume design for the ballet The Firebird ( L'Oiseau de feu )

1913 · Gouache, watercolor, metallic paint, and pencil on paper on board

26 1/2 x 19 1/4" (67.3 x 48.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Costume Design for Pretres Agni, for The Blue God

1911 · Graphite, with gouache, metallic paint, and touches of red watercolor, on ivory laid paper, laid down on tan board

28 × 17.4 cm (11 1/16 × 6 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Landscape, possibly a detail of the Set Design for the Ballet 'Narcisse', premiered at the Théâtre de Monte Carlo, 1911

1911 · Gouache and graphite

Sheet: 8 in. × 8 5/8 in. (20.3 × 21.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Costume Design for Musician, for Cleopatra

1910 · Watercolor, with graphite and metallic paint, on ivory laid paper, laid down on tan board

31.4 × 23.4 cm (12 3/8 × 9 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Set design, possibly for the ballet Schéhérezade

1910 · Watercolor and pencil on paper on board

8 3/8 x 11 5/8" (21.3 x 29.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Nijinsky

1909 · Oil on canvas

80 1/4 x 45 3/4" (203.5 x 116.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Costume Design for a Valet, likely for the Ballet 'Les Papillons', premiered at the Théâtre de Monte-Carlo, 1914

1909 · Gouache and graphite

Sheet: 10 5/8 in. × 7 in. (27 × 17.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Head of a Woman

1888 · Black crayon, with graphite, on cream wove card, laid down on ivory laid paper

25.4 × 19.9 cm (10 × 7 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Costume Design for Electra, for Helen of Sparta

1888 · Gouache and watercolor, with graphite and metallic paint, on ivory laid paper, laid down on tan board

27 × 25.4 cm (10 11/16 × 10 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago