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ARTIST: Mstislav Valerianovich Dobuzhinsky (Lithuania, 1875-1957)

TITLE OF WORK: Décor design for the ballet "Papillons"

TYPE OF WORK: Watercolor and gouache on carton

DATE: 1914

COMMENTS: "Papillons", ballet by the Ballets Russes. Music by R. Schuman, arranged by N. Tcherepnin; choreography by M. Fokine, décors by M. Doboujinsky, costumes by L. Bakst.

LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Russia, France, Paris

DANCE FORM: classical ballet

KEYWORDS: scenery