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Installation view of costumes designed by Léon Bakst for the ballets Prince Igor (c. 1909), Scheherazade (1910), and The Blue God (c. 1912). From Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes, 1909-1929: When Art Danced with Music on view at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, May 12-September 2, 2013. Photo by Rob Shelley © 2013 National Gallery of Art, Washington

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Installation view of costumes designed by Léon Bakst for the ballets The Blue God (c. 1912) and The Spirit of the Rose (1911/1922). From Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes, 1909-1929: When Art Danced with Music on view at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, May 12-September 2, 2013. Photo by Rob Shelley © 2013 National Gallery of Art, Washington

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Installation view of Léon Bakst's nymph costumes for The Afternoon of a Faun (c. 1912). From Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes, 1909-1929: When Art Danced with Music on view at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, May 12-September 2, 2013. Photo by Rob Shelley © 2013 National Gallery of Art, Washington

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Installation view of Léon Bakst's nymph costumes for The Afternoon of a Faun (c. 1912). From Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes, 1909-1929: When Art Danced with Music on view at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, May 12-September 2, 2013. Photo by Rob Shelley © 2013 National Gallery of Art, Washington

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Installation view of Nicholas Roerich's costumes for The Rite of Spring (1913). From Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes, 1909-1929: When Art Danced with Music on view at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, May 12-September 2, 2013. Photo by Rob Shelley © 2013 National Gallery of Art, Washington

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Installation view of Natalia Goncharova's back cloth for the final coronation scene from The Firebird (1926). From Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes, 1909-1929: When Art Danced with Music on view at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, May 12-September 2, 2013. Photo by Rob Shelley © 2013 National Gallery of Art, Washington

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Installation view of Natalia Goncharova's back cloth for the final coronation scene from The Firebird (1926). From Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes, 1909-1929: When Art Danced with Music on view at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, May 12-September 2, 2013. Photo by Rob Shelley © 2013 National Gallery of Art, Washington

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Installation view for the ballet Parade with Pablo Picasso's costumes for The Managers. One American (pictured here), the other French, the originals have not survived. Displayed here are recreations of them, based on Picasso's preparatory drawings and photographs of the originals. From Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes, 1909-1929: When Art Danced with Music on view at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, May 12-September 2, 2013. Photo by Rob Shelley © 2013 National Gallery of Art, Washington

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Installation view of Giorgio De Chirico's costumes for Le Bal (1929). From Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes, 1909-1929: When Art Danced with Music on view at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, May 12-September 2, 2013. Photo by Rob Shelley © 2013 National Gallery of Art, Washington

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Press Images: Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes (Installation)
May 12–September 2, 2013

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