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ARTIST: Leon Bakst (Russia, 1866-1924)

TITLE OF WORK: Costume design for the ballet "L'après-midi d'un faune": The Faun (danced by Vaslav Nijinsky)

TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, pencil, gouache, watercolor and gold on paper mounted on cardboard

DATE: 1912

DIMENSIONS: 38.8 x 27.1 cm

COMMENTS: Ballet "L'après-midi d'un faune" for the Bellets Russes; music by Claude Debussy, choreography by Vaslav Nininsky, décors and costumes by Leon Bakst

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

DANCE FORM: classical ballet

KEYWORDS: costume