Costume Study for "Jeux"

1913

Lev Samoilovich Bakst

Artist, Russian, 1866 - 1924

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, graphite and black chalk on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Howard Sturges

  • Dimensions

    overall: 33.5 x 49 cm (13 3/16 x 19 5/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1956.9.15


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Howard Sturges [d. 1955], Providence, Rhode Island; bequest 1956 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1985

  • Figure Drawings from the National Gallery's Collection, Washington, D.C., 1985.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: DEFENSE DEREPRODUIRE / CES DESSINS. / L.Bakst / 1913.; upper center in graphite: "JEUX" / M[e?] NIJINSKY; upper right in graphite: "JEUX" / Mme KA RSAVINA / Mme SCHOLLAR

Wikidata ID

Q64593041


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