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ARTIST: Giorgio de Chirico (Italy, 1888-1978)

TITLE OF WORK: Costume design for the ballet "Les bacchantes": Apollo

TYPE OF WORK: Painting, gouache and pencil

DATE: 1937

DIMENSIONS: 31.8 x 15.2 cm

COMMENTS: Signed and inscribed "Apollon". "Les bacchantes", a ballet choreoraphed by Alexandre Iolas; music composed by Vittorio Rieti, sets and costumes by Giorgio de Chirico; first performed in Athens in 1937

LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Italy

KEYWORDS: costume, deity