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ARTIST: Leon Bakst (Russia, 1866-1924)

TITLE OF WORK: Costume design for the ballet "Papillons". Danced by Mme Kshessinska

TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, pencil and gouache, laid on cardboard

DATE: 1912

COMMENTS: "Papillons" ballet. Scenario by Fokine, music by Schumann orchestrated by Tchérépine, choreography by Fokine, costumes by Leon Bakst, scenery by Doboujinsky. First performed by the Diaghilev's Ballets

LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Russia, Monaco

DANCE FORM: classical ballet

KEYWORDS: costume