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ARTIST: Leon Bakst (Russia, 1866-1924)

TITLE OF WORK: Décor design for the ballet "Daphnis and Chloé", scene 2

TYPE OF WORK: Watercolor on paper

DATE: 1912

COMMENTS: "Daphnis et Chloé", a ballet by the Ballets Russes; dramatic ballet in one act and three scenes. Music by Maurice Ravel, argument and choreography by Michel Fokine; décors and costumes by Leon Bakst

LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Antiquity, Russia, France, Paris,

DANCE FORM: classical ballet

KEYWORDS: scenery