National Gallery of Art

World of Art (Mir iskusstva), 1904, volume 2
cloth and paper
V&A, London

World of Art (Mir iskusstva), 1899, volume 1
cloth and paper
V&A, London

Valentin Serov
Anna Pavlova from Les Sylphides, poster for the first Russian season, 1909
color lithograph
framed: 256.2 x 201.5 cm (100 7/8 x 79 5/16 in.)
V&A, London

Léon Bakst
Costume for a Beotian Girl from Narcissus, 1911
painted cotton with red buttons and beads
overall: 188 x 50 x 40 cm (74 x 19 11/16 x 15 3/4 in.)height includes head and headdress
V&A, London

Léon Bakst
Costume for a Nymph from Narcissus, 1911
painted cotton
overall: 174 x 127 x 44 cm (68 1/2 x 50 x 17 5/16 in.)
V&A, London
Photo © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Léon Bakst
Costume for a Beotian Shepherd from Narcissus, 1911
painted cotton
overall: 185 x 125 x 68 cm (72 13/16 x 49 3/16 x 26 3/4 in.)height includes hat
V&A, London

Léon Bakst
Costume design for Likenion from Daphnis and Chloe, 1913
pencil and watercolor on paper
framed: 56.7 x 41.5 cm (22 5/16 x 16 5/16 in.)
V&A, London

Léon Bakst
Costume for Tamara Karsavina as Zobeïde from Scheherazade, 1911
chiffon
overall: 160 x 55 x 55 cm (63 x 21 5/8 x 21 5/8 in.)
V&A, London

Auguste Rodin, cast by Georges Rudier
Nijinsky, 1912, cast 1958
bronze
18.8 x 9.3 x 6 cm (7 3/8 x 3 11/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
The Samuel Courtauld Trust, The Courtauld Gallery, London

Alexandre Benois
Set model for Les Sylphides, 1909
gouache, watercolor, pencil and chalk on card, with bamboo supports
maximum dimensions for model and supporting perpsex sides: 59 x 43 x 41 cm (23 1/4 x 16 15/16 x 16 1/8 in.)
V&A, London

Natalia Goncharova
Design for the back cloth for the final Coronation scene from The Firebird, 1926
watercolor, gouache, gold and silver on card
framed: 90 x 90 cm (35 7/16 x 35 7/16 in.)
V&A, London

Natalia Goncharova
Costume design for a Seahorse from Sadko, c.1916
watercolor, pencil, and gouache with foil
framed: 56.7 x 41.5 cm (22 5/16 x 16 5/16 in.)
V&A, London
© 2013 Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York/ADAGP, Paris. Photo © Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Natalia Goncharova
Set design for The Golden Cockerel, 1914
watercolor
framed: 79.5 x 103.6 cm (31 5/16 x 40 13/16 in.)
V&A, London
© 2013 Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York/ADAGP, Paris. Photo © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Henri Matisse
Costume for a Warrior from The Song of the Nightingale, 1920
felt, velvet, satin and silk with paint, gold tinsel, studs and braid, and brass decorations
overall: 155 x 75 x 60 cm (61 x 29 1/2 x 23 5/8 in.)
V&A, London

Georges Rouault
Design for the back cloth for Home (scenes 1 and 3) from The Prodigal Son, 1929
pastel, ink, tempera, and watercolor on paper
framed: 74.9 x 95.9 x 3.3 cm (29 1/2 x 37 3/4 x 1 5/16 in.)
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT, The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund
© 2013 Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York/ADAGP, Paris.

Georges Rouault
Set design for the banqueting tent for In a Far Country (scene 2), from The Prodigal Son, 1929
pastel and gouache on paper
framed: 74.3 x 95.9 x 3.3 cm (29 1/4 x 37 3/4 x 1 5/16 in.)
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT, The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund
© 2013 Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York/ADAGP, Paris.

Giorgio de Chirico
Set design (scene 2) for The Ball, 1929
graphite and tempera on handmade laid paper
framed: 47 x 62.5 x 2.8 cm (18 1/2 x 24 5/8 x 1 1/8 in.)
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT, The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund
© 2013 Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York/ADAGP, Paris.

Giorgio de Chirico
Costume for a Sylph from The Ball, 1929
silk and tarlatan, with braid
overall: 155 x 85 x 80 cm (61 x 33 7/16 x 31 1/2 in.)
V&A, London
© 2013 Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York/ADAGP, Paris. Photo © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Giorgio de Chirico
Costume for a Male Guest from The Ball, 1929
gabardine, flannel, silk, and wool, with painting and appliquéd medals
overall: 163 x 59 x 40 cm (64 3/16 x 23 1/4 x 15 3/4 in.)
V&A, London
© 2013 Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York/ADAGP, Paris. Photo © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Georges Barbier
The Slave and Zobeïde from Scheherazade, 1913
pochoir print
framed: 57 x 62 x 6 cm (22 7/16 x 24 7/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
V&A, London, Cyril Beaumont Bequest

Natalia Goncharova
Set design for the finale of The Firebird, 1926
watercolor on card
framed: 71 x 101.5 cm (27 15/16 x 39 15/16 in.)
Private collection

Jean Cocteau
Stravinsky at the Piano, 1913
pencil and ink on paper in custom-made gold gilt frame
framed: 32 x 29.1 x 2 cm (12 5/8 x 11 7/16 x 13/16 in.)
V&A, London

Natalia Goncharova
Set design for Le Coq d'Or (Scene 1), 1914
watercolor
framed: 72.5 x 105.5 cm (28 9/16 x 41 9/16 in.)
Private collection

Léon Bakst
Costume design for a Villager from Daphnis and Chloe, 1912
watercolor, pencil on paper
35.9 25.1 cm (14 1/8 9 7/8 in.)
Houghton Library, Harvard Theatre Collection, Harvard University, Gift of Howard D. Rothschild, 1990, MS Thr 414.4 (8)

Léon Bakst
Costume for a Dancing Girl or Odalisque from Scheherazade, c. 1910
rayon, silk, metallic and other paint, metallic and rayon braid, gelatine paillettes, glass beads, metal fasteners, wire
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

Léon Bakst
Costume design for Vaslav Nijinsky as the Rose from The Spirit of the Rose, 1911
graphite, watercolor and silver paint on machine-made laid paper
39.5 x 25.8 cm (15 9/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT, The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund

Eugène Druet
Vaslav Nijinsky in Siamese Dance, 1910
gelatin silver print
20.3 x 14.6 cm (8 x 5 3/4 in.)
Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gilman Collection, Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation, 2005

Léon Bakst
Variation of the original set design from Scheherazade, after 1910
watercolor, metallic paint and graphite on paper
73.82 x 103.51 cm (29 1/16 x 40 3/4 in.)
Collection of the McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Gift of Robert L. B. Tobin

Natalia Goncharova
Costume for a Fish with Silver Scales from Sadko, 1916
silk with ribbons, paint, lamé
Dansmuseet - Museum Rolf de Maré Stockholm
© 2013 Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York/ADAGP, Paris.

Natalia Goncharova
Costume for a Red Spotted Fish from Sadko, 1916
silk with appliqué, lamé, and paint
Dansmuseet - Museum Rolf de Maré Stockholm
© 2013 Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York/ADAGP, Paris.

Natalia Goncharova
Costume for the sorcerer Köstchei from The Firebird, 1926
flannel, ribbons, appliqué, lamé, cotton, velvet, lace, and gold braid
Dansmuseet - Museum Rolf de Maré Stockholm
© 2013 Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York/ADAGP, Paris.

Léon Bakst
Costume Study for Games (Jeux), 1913
watercolor, graphite and black chalk on laid paper
overall: 33.5 x 49 cm (13 3/16 x 19 5/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Howard Sturges

Man Ray
Igor Stravinsky, c. 1925
gelatin silver print
overall: 28.3 x 22.7 cm (11 1/8 x 8 15/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Aaron and Barbara Levine

Giorgio de Chirico
Costume design for a Male Guest from The Ball, 1929
graphite and tempera on laid paper
27.46 x 20 cm (10 13/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT, The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund
© 2013 Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York/ADAGP, Paris.

Giorgio de Chirico
Costume design for André Bobrow as the Astrologer from The Ball, 1929
graphite and tempera on handmade laid paper
27.7 x 20 cm (10 7/8 x 7 7/8 in.)
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT, The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund
© 2013 Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York/ADAGP, Paris.

Albert Gleizes
Portrait of Igor Stravinsky, 1914
oil on canvas
129.5 x 114.3 cm (51 x 45 in.)
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Bequest of Richard S. Zeisler, New York, 2007
© 2013 Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York/ADAGP, Paris.

Valentine Hugo
Vaslav Nijinsky in title role from Petrushka, 1911
pencil on paper
41.5 x 56.7 cm (16 5/16 x 22 5/16 in.)
V&A, London, Gift of Jean Hugo

Alexandre Benois
Set Design for the Butter Week Fair (scenes 1 and 4) from Petrushka, 1911
graphite, tempera and watercolor on machine-made laid paper
44.8 x 61.5 cm (17 5/8 x 24 3/16 in.)
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT. The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund

Alexandre Benois
Design for the front cloth from Petrushka, 1925
pen, ink, and tempera on machine-made laid charcoal paper
29.2 x 40.2 cm (11 1/2 x 15 13/16 in.)
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT, The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund

Natalia Goncharova
Costume for a Sea Horse from Sadko, c. 1916
silk-cotton satin, lamé, paint, and wire
Dansmuseet - Museum Rolf de Maré Stockholm
© 2013 Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York/ADAGP, Paris.

Diaghilev and John Brown, New York, 1916
photograph by Bain News Service
10.16 15.24 cm (4 6 in.)
Collection of Ms. Anna and Mr. Leonid Winestein

Vaslav Nijinsky, Romola Nijinsky and Kyra Nijinsky, New York, April 7, 1916
photograph by NYH Service New York
17.15 25.4 cm (6 3/4 10 in.)
Collection of Ms. Anna and Mr. Leonid Winestein

Pablo Picasso
Igor Stravinsky, Paris, December 31, 1920
pencil on paper
34.29 23.5 cm (13 1/2 9 1/4 in.)framed: 58.42 48.26 4.76 cm (23 19 1 7/8 in.)
Private collection

Alexander Schervashidze, after Pablo Picasso
Front cloth for The Blue Train, 1924
oil on canvas
overall: 1040 x 1172 cm (409 7/16 x 461 7/16 in.)
V&A, London
© 2013 Estate of Pablo Picasso/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Giorgio de Chirico
Illustration for the souvenir program for the Ballets Russes seasons in Monte Carlo and Paris, 1929
graphite and tempera on handmade laid paper
framed: 63 x 47 x 3 cm (24 13/16 x 18 1/2 x 1 3/16 in.)
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT, The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund
© 2013 Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York/ADAGP, Paris.

Pavel Tchelitchev
Illustration inspired by Ode, souvenir program, Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt, June 1928

framed: 42.5 x 35.5 cm (16 3/4 x 14 in.)
V&A, London

Ethelbert White
Souvenir print, Parade, c. 1920
hand-colored print
framed: 50.7 x 60.4 cm (19 15/16 x 23 3/4 in.)
V&A, London

Max Weber
Russian Ballet, 1916
oil on canvas
76.2 x 91.44 cm (30 x 36 in.)
Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Edith and Milton Lowenthal, 1992.11.29

Pablo Picasso
Harlequin (Portrait of Léonide Massine), 1917
oil on canvas
overall: 116 x 90 cm (45 11/16 x 35 7/16 in.)
Museu Picasso, Barcelona, Gift of Pablo Picasso, 1919
© 2012 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Aleksandr Golovin
Costume worn by Fyodor Chaliapin in the title role in the Coronation Scene from Boris Godunov, c.1908
silk and metal thread, glass beads, "essence d'orient" pearls, metal, painted silk lining, replacement fur
200 x 165 x 70 cm (78 3/4 x 64 15/16 x 27 9/16 in.)
V&A, London
Photo © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Alexandre Benois
Costume worn by Vaslav Nijinsky as Albrecht (Act II) from Giselle, 1910
silk velvet with replica silk shirt
overall: 165 x 65 x 40 cm (64 15/16 x 25 9/16 x 15 3/4 in.)
V&A, London

Jean Cocteau
Tamara Karsavina from The Spirit of the Rose, poster for the opening season of the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris, 1913
color lithograph
framed: 213.3 x 163 cm (84 x 64 3/16 in.)
V&A, London, Gift of Mademoiselle Lucienne Astruc and Richard Buckle in memory of the collaboration between Diaghilev and Gabriel Astruc

Jean Cocteau
Vaslav Nijinsky from The Spirit of the Rose, poster for the opening season of the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris, 1913
color lithograph
framed: 200 x 138.8 cm (78 3/4 x 54 5/8 in.)
V&A, London, Gift ofMademoiselle Lucienne Astruc and Richard Bucklein memory of the collaboration between Diaghilevand Gabriel Astruc

Alexandre Benois
Costume worn by Lydia Lopokova as a Sylph from Les Sylphides, c. 1916
silk and cotton net, with metal armature for the wings
overall: 152 x 85 x 80 cm (59 13/16 x 33 7/16 x 31 1/2 in.)
V&A, London, Cyril Beaumont Bequest
Photo © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Nicholas Roerich
Costume for a Polovtsian Warrior from Prince Igor, c. 1909
silk ground, silk ikat fabric, cotton metal disks, skullcap embroidered in polychrome thread
overall: 172 x 65 x 40 cm (67 11/16 x 25 9/16 x 15 3/4 in.)hat dimensions: height: 12 cm (4 3/4 in.), diameter: 19 cm (7 1/2 in.)
V&A, London

Nicholas Roerich
Costume for a Polovtsian Warrior from Prince Igor, c. 1909
silk ground, silk ikat fabric, cotton metal disks, skullcap embroidered in polychrome thread
overall: 155 x 65 x 40 cm (61 x 25 9/16 x 15 3/4 in.)
V&A, London

Nicholas Roerich
Costume for a Polovtsian Girl from Prince Igor, 1909
silk ikat fabric
overall: 150 x 115 x 40 cm (59 1/16 x 45 1/4 x 15 3/4 in.)
V&A, London

Léon Bakst
Costume for a Little God from The Blue God, 1912
metal thread and cotton jersey, silk, brass decorations, papier-mâché, cotton, gauze, brass headdress
overall: 180 x 49 x 40 cm (70 7/8 x 19 5/16 x 15 3/4 in.)height includes headdress
V&A, London
Photo © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Pavel Tchelitchev
Costume for a corps de ballet dancer from Ode, 1928
artificial silk and cotton, cotton jersey, cellulose nitrate decoration, metal fencing mask
overall: 170 x 128 x 120 cm (66 15/16 x 50 3/8 x 47 1/4 in.)height includes head
V&A, London

Natalia Goncharova
Design for the back cloth for the final Coronation scene from The Firebird, 1926
watercolor
framed: 57.5 x 78.5 cm (22 5/8 x 30 7/8 in.)
V&A, London

Natalia Goncharova
Back cloth for the final Coronation scene from The Firebird, 1926
painted canvas
1024 x 1571 cm (403 1/8 x 618 1/2 in.)
V&A, London
© 2013 Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York/ADAGP, Paris. Photo © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Pablo Picasso
Costume design for the Chinese Conjurer from Parade, 1917
pen and ink on paper
framed: 41.5 x 56.7 cm (16 5/16 x 22 5/16 in.)
V&A, London

Pablo Picasso
Costume for the Chinese Conjuror from Parade, c. 1917
silk satin fabric with silver tissue and black thread, cotton hat with woolen pigtail
overall: 176 x 150 x 50 cm (69 5/16 x 59 1/16 x 19 11/16 in.)height includes hat
V&A, London
Photo © Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Léon Bakst
Costume design for the Young Rajah from The Blue God, 1912
pencil, watercolor, and gouache on paper
framed: 56.7 x 41.5 cm (22 5/16 x 16 5/16 in.)
V&A, London

Léon Bakst
Costume for Vaslav Nijinsky as the Prince from the pas de deux of the Golden Bird from The Feast, 1909
silk, satin, and jersey with metal studs and artificial pearls
overall: 165 x 56 x 40 cm (64 15/16 x 22 1/16 x 15 3/4 in.)
V&A, London
Photo © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Auguste Bert
Vaslav Nijinsky as the Golden Slave from Scheherazade, 1910
gelatin silver print
V&A, London, Gift of Jean Hugo
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Henri Matisse
Costume for a Mandarin from The Song of the Nightingale, 1920
satin, paint, and tinsel
overall: 180 x 190 x 70 cm (70 7/8 x 74 13/16 x 27 9/16 in.)
V&A, London
Photo © Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Henri Matisse
Costume for a Mourner from The Song of the Nightingale, 1920
wool felt and velvet
overall: 190 x 100 x 65 cm (74 13/16 x 39 3/8 x 25 9/16 in.)height includes headdress
V&A, London

Natalia Goncharova
Costume worn by Adolph Bolm as the Prince from Sadko, 1916
cotton velvet, silk satin with imitation pearls
overall: 185 x 85 x 65 cm (72 13/16 x 33 7/16 x 25 9/16 in.)
V&A, London
© 2013 Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York/ADAGP, Paris. Photo © Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Natalia Goncharova
Costume worn by Doris Faithful as the Sea Princess from Sadko, 1916
silk satin with appliquéd sequins, tissue, and metal, raffia plaits
overall: 185 x 80 x 60 cm (72 13/16 x 31 1/2 x 23 5/8 in.)
V&A, London
© 2013 Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York/ADAGP, Paris. Photo © Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Mikhail Larionov
Costume for the Buffoon's Wife from The Tale of the Buffoon, 1921
cane-stiffened felt and cotton
180 x 115 x 90 cm (70 7/8 x 45 1/4 x 35 7/16 in.)height includes headdress
V&A, London
Photo © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Mikhail Larionov
Costume design for the Buffoon from The Tale of the Buffoon, 1915
watercolor and gouache
framed: 93.9 x 70 cm (36 15/16 x 27 9/16 in.)
V&A, London

Poster for the Théâtre Gaîté-Lyrique, Paris, 1923
lithograph
framed: 90.5 x 130 cm (35 5/8 x 51 3/16 in.)
V&A, London

Fernand Léger
Exit the Ballets Russes, 1914
oil on canvas
136.53 x 100.33 cm (53 3/4 x 39 1/2 in.)
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Rübel (partly by exchange), 1958
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

Nicholas Roerich
Set design for the Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor, 1909
tempera and gouache on canvas
framed: 70 x 93.9 x 2.3 cm (27 9/16 x 36 15/16 x 7/8 in.)
V&A, London

Léon Bakst
Costume design for a Bacchante from Narcissus, before 1911
gouache, silver paint and pencil on paper
67.5 x 48 cm (26 9/16 x 18 7/8 in.)
Centre Pompidou, Paris, Musée national d'art moderne/Centre de création industrielle, Gift ofMr. and Mrs. Léon Baratz in memory of Mr. andMrs. A. Dobry
Photo CNAC/MNAM/Dist. RMN-Grand Palais/Art Resource, NY

Jacques-Émile Blanche
Vaslav Nijinsky in Siamese Dance, c. 1910
oil on canvas
219.71 x 120.02 cm (86 1/2 x 47 1/4 in.)framed: 254 152.4 8.26 cm (100 60 3 1/4 in.)
Collection of Ann and Gordon Getty, San Francisco

Natalia Goncharova
Curtain design (Act III, scene 3) for The Golden Cockerel, c. 1914
watercolor, gouache, and graphite on board
57.15 x 73.03 cm (22 1/2 x 28 3/4 in.)
Collection of the McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Gift of Robert L. B. Tobin
© 2013 Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York/ADAGP, Paris.

Sonia Delaunay
Costume for title role from Cleopatra, 1918
silk, sequins, mirror and beads, wool yarn, metallic thread braid, lamé
center back length: 45 1/8 in. (114.62 cm)headdress: 22.69 14.63 12.63 cm (8 15/16 5 3/4 5 in.) Overall mannequin footprint: 67 x 36 x 20 inches.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Costume Council Fund
© Pracusa 2012003 Digital Image © 2013 Museum Associates/LACMA. Licensed by Art Resource, NY

Pavel Tchelitchev
Set design for figures (scene 3) from Ode, 1928
gouache and wash on dark blue machine-made woven paper
framed: 42.6 x 55.4 x 3 cm (16 3/4 x 21 13/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT, The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund

Giorgio de Chirico
Costume for a Male Guest from The Ball, 1929
painted gabardine, flannel, silk, and wool
overall: 168 x 59 x 40 cm (66 1/8 x 23 1/4 x 15 3/4 in.)
V&A, London
© 2013 Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York/ADAGP, Paris. Photo © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Boris M. Frödman-Cluzel
Adolph Bolm as the Polovtsian Chief from Prince Igor, 1909
bronze
overall: 24 x 7 x 17 cm (9 7/16 x 2 3/4 x 6 11/16 in.)
V&A, London

Una Troubridge
Vaslav Nijinsky as the Faun, 1912
plaster
overall: 48 x 23 x 20 cm (18 7/8 x 9 1/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
V&A, London
Photo © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Auguste Bert
Vaslav Nijinsky in The Spirit of the Rose, 1911
gelatin silver print
framed: 56.7 x 41.5 cm (22 5/16 x 16 5/16 in.)
V&A, London, Gift of Richard Buckle and Annette Page

Alexandre Benois
Set design from Les Sylphides, 1909
watercolor, ink and pencil on paper
21 31 cm (8 1/4 12 3/16 in.)
Houghton Library, Harvard Theatre Collection, Harvard University, Gift of Howard D. Rothschild, 1990, MS Thr 414.4 (42)

Léon Bakst
Costume design for an Odalisque from Scheherazade, 1911
gouache, graphite, ink and metallic paint on paper, mounted on board
44.9 x 30 cm (17 11/16 x 11 13/16 in.)
Collection of the McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Gift of Robert L. B. Tobin

Léon Bakst
Costume design for the Eunuch from Scheherazade, 1922
watercolor, pencil and silver paint on paper
67.4 49 cm (26 9/16 19 5/16 in.)framed: 86.36 x 67.31 cm (34 x 26 1/2 in.)
Houghton Library, Harvard Theatre Collection, Harvard University, Gift of Howard D. Rothschild, 1990, MS Thr 414.4 (20)

Léon Bakst
Costume (made by Marie Muelle) for the Chief Eunuch from Scheherazade, 1910
silk, silk appliqué, cotton, metallic braid, rayon, metallic paint, acetate, ornament, feathers, imitation jewels, cotton wadding, cork, cane, newspaper, and wood; exhibited with reproduction jacket
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Purchased 1973

Léon Bakst
Costume for the Rose from The Spirit of the Rose, designed in 1911, fabricated 1922
silk, velvet and elastic
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT, The J. Herbert Callister Fund, the Florence Paull Berger Fund, the Costume and Textile Purchase Fund, and the Costume and Textile Flood Fund.

Léon Bakst
Costume design for a Temple Dancer from The Blue God, 1922 after 1912 original
watercolor, gouache, metallic paint and graphite on paper, mounted on board
64.8 x 47 cm (25 1/2 x 18 1/2 in.)
Collection of the McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Gift of Robert L. B. Tobin

Léon Bakst
Costume design for Vaslav Nijinsky as the Faun from The Afternoon of a Faun, 1912
graphite, tempera and gold paint on laid charcoal paper
framed: 62.2 x 47 x 2.8 cm (24 1/2 x 18 1/2 x 1 1/8 in.)
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT, The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund

Léon Bakst
Costume for title role from The Blue God, c. 1912
tunic: silk, silk moiré faille, satin, velvet ribbon, braid and embroidery thread and ribbon, metal studs and fasteners, gelatin imitation mother-of-pearl discs, metallic gauze, braid and paillettes, silk embroidery thread, gelatin sequins, metallic and other paint. crown: metallic gauze, braid and paillettes, silk embroidery thread, gelatin sequins, metal studs, metallic and other paint
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

Léon Bakst
Costume for a Nymph from The Afternoon of a Faun, c. 1912
silk chiffon, lamé, metallic ribbon, cotton
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

Léon Bakst
Costume for Nymph from The Afternoon of a Faun, c. 1912
silk chiffon, lamé, metallic ribbon, cotton
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

Léon Bakst
Costume for a Nymph from The Afternoon of a Faun, c. 1912
silk chiffon, paint, lamé, metallic ribbon, cotton
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

Léon Bakst
Preliminary study for set design from The Blue God, 1911
watercolor and gouache on paper
25.4 x 34.93 cm (10 x 13 3/4 in.)framed: 40.64 x 53.34 x 3.18 cm (16 x 21 x 1 1/4 in.)
Collection Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University, The George Riabov Collection of Russian Art, donated in memory of Basil and Emilia Riabov

Adolph de Meyer
Nijinsky and Six Dancers, from the album Sur le Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, Pl. XIV, 1914
collotype
14.1 x 21.8 cm (5 9/16 x 8 9/16 in.)framed: 19.2 x 29.4 cm (7 9/16 x 11 9/16 in.)
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, gift (don manuel) of M. Michel de Bry, 1988

Nicholas Roerich
Costume design for two Clowns from The Rite of Spring, 1913
watercolor and pencil on illustration board
35.4 40.7 cm (13 15/16 16 in.)
Houghton Library, Harvard Theatre Collection, Harvard University, Gift of Howard D. Rothschild, 1990, MS Thr 414.4 (119)

Léon Bakst
Set design (Act I) from Daphnis and Chloe, 1912
watercolor, gouache and pencil with gold and silver highlighting
80 x 106 cm (31 1/2 x 41 3/4 in.)framed: 83.3 113.1 2.6 cm (32 13/16 44 1/2 1 in.)
Les Arts Décoratifs, musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris

Robert Delaunay
Set design for Cleopatra, c. 1918
watercolor, gouache, metallic paint, and graphite on paper
34.9 x 47.3 cm (13 3/4 x 18 5/8 in.)
Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of William S. Lieberman, 2005

Sonia Delaunay
Costume design for title role from Cleopatra, 1918
watercolor, metallic paint, and graphite on paper
47 x 32.7 cm (18 1/2 x 12 7/8 in.)
Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of William S. Lieberman, 2005
© Pracusa 2012003

Giorgio de Chirico
Costume worn by André Bobrow as the Astrologer from The Ball, 1929
wool flannel with appliquéd silk
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT, Purchased through the gift of James Junius Goodwin, and the Special Gift Account
© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SIAE, Rome

Giorgio de Chirico
Conversation among the Ruins, 1927
oil on canvas
overall: 130.5 x 97.2 cm (51 3/8 x 38 1/4 in.)framed: 152.4 x 117.8 x 7.6 cm (60 x 46 3/8 x 3 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Chester Dale Collection
© 2013 Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York/ADAGP, Paris.

Amedeo Modigliani
Léon Bakst, 1917
oil on canvas
overall: 55.3 x 33 cm (21 3/4 x 13 in.)framed: 78.1 x 55.9 x 3.8 cm (30 3/4 x 22 x 1 1/2 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Chester Dale Collection

Pablo Picasso
Madame Picasso, 1923
oil on linen
overall: 100.3 x 82 cm (39 1/2 x 32 5/16 in.)framed: 123.2 x 104.5 x 5.7 cm (48 1/2 x 41 1/8 x 2 1/4 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Chester Dale Collection
© 2012 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Mikhail Larionov
Costume for the Buffoon from The Tale of the Buffoon, 1921
steel-and-cane-stiffened felt and cotton
overall: 160 x 65 x 50 cm (63 x 25 9/16 x 19 11/16 in.)
V&A, London

Mikhail Larionov
Costume for a Soldier from The Tale of the Buffoon, 1921
wool, cotton, buckram, flannel, satin and calico, with metal, straw, and paint
overall: 180 x 80 x 50 cm (70 7/8 x 31 1/2 x 19 11/16 in.)
V&A, London