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Léon Bakst, Costume Study for "Jeux"

Léon Bakst

Russian · 1866–1924

Léon (Lev) Samoylovich Bakst, born Leyb-Khaim Izrailevich Rosenberg, was a Russian painter and scene and costume designer of Jewish origin. He was a member of the Sergei… (Wikipedia)

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  1. Léon Bakst, Costume Design for the La Legende de Joseph, watercolor, charcoal, colored pencil, and gold leaf on paperCostume Design for the La Legende de JosephBonhams · $3,840≈ £2,929≈ €3,326Sign up to see
  2. Costume Designs for SalomeBrunk Auctions · $3,500≈ £2,738≈ €3,219Sign up to see
  3. Léon Bakst, Costume design, possibly for the revue 'Aladin, circa 1919, pencilCostume design, possibly for the revue 'AladinSworders · £2,400≈ $3,178≈ €2,764Sign up to see

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Léon (Lev) Samoylovich Bakst, born Leyb-Khaim Izrailevich Rosenberg, was a Russian painter and scene and costume designer of Jewish origin. He was a member of the Sergei Diaghilev circle and the Ballets Russes, for which he designed exotic, richly coloured sets and costumes. He designed the décor for such productions as Carnaval (1910), Spectre de la rose (1911), Daphnis and Chloe (1912), The Sleeping Princess (1921) and others.

Excerpt from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born 1866Died 1924Wikidata Q214666 ↗ULAN 500009524 ↗Museum works 10

Also known as Leon Bakst, Léon Nikolaievich Bakst, Leon Nikolaievitch Bakst, Léon Rosenberg, Lev Rosenberg, Lev Samoïlevitch Rosenberg, Lev Samoilovich Bakst, Lev Samoilovich Rosenberg and 3 other name forms

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

Léon Bakst, Costume Study for "Jeux"
Costume Study for "Jeux"1913 · watercolor, graphite and black chalk on laid paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Howard Sturges — Open Access (CC0)
Léon Bakst, Terror Antiquus
Terror Antiquus1908
Russian Museum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Russian Museum
Léon Bakst, Untitled
Untitled
Russian Museum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Russian Museum
Léon Bakst, Portrait of the Filipp Maljawin
Portrait of the Filipp Maljawin1899
Russian Museum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Russian Museum
Léon Bakst, Mme Ida Rubinstein
Mme Ida Rubinstein1910
Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Metropolitan Museum of Art
Léon Bakst, Theatrical costumes by Leon Bakst
Theatrical costumes by Leon Bakst1922
Belgazprombank Collection ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Belgazprombank Collection
Léon Bakst, The Butterfly (Costume Design for Anna Pavlova)
The Butterfly (Costume Design for Anna Pavlova)1913
Museum of Fine Arts Boston ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Léon Bakst, Portrait of inaida Gippius
Portrait of inaida Gippius1906
Tretyakov Gallery ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Tretyakov Gallery
Léon Bakst, Costume Study for "Jeux"
Costume Study for "Jeux"1913
Wikimedia Commons ↗
CC0 · Lev Samoilovich Bakst, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0)
Léon Bakst, Study for The Sleeping Beauty: The Aged King Pleads with the Good Fairy
Study for The Sleeping Beauty: The Aged King Pleads with the Good Fairy1915 · pencil
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund — Open Access (CC0)

Artist record compiled from: Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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