Costume Study for Vaslav Nijinsky in the Role of Iksender in the Ballet "La Péri" (The Flower of Immortality), first performed in Paris, 1912
Gift of Sir Joseph Duveen, 1922
Catalogue
- Year
- 1922
- Dimensions
- 26 5/8 x 19 1/4in. (67.6 x 48.9cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Léon Bakst
Artist
Painting
Léon (Lev) Samoylovich Bakst, born Leyb-Khaim Izrailevich Rosenberg, was a Russian painter and scene and costume designer of Jewish origin. He was a member of the Sergei Diaghilev circle and the Ballets Russes, for which he designed exotic, richly coloured sets and costumes. He designed the décor for such productions as Carnaval (1910), Spectre de la rose (1911), Daphnis and Chloe (1912), The Sleeping Princess (1921) and others.
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- Léon Bakst
- Year
- 1922
- Dimensions
- 26 5/8 x 19 1/4in. (67.6 x 48.9cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1922-007669
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
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- verified