Name/Title
L'Apres Midi d'un Faune', costume design for NijinskyEntry/Object ID
120.U.BU.0007Description
The name on the top of the page identified the work as from I'ArtDecoratifde Leon Bakst by Alexandre Arsene, published in
1913 by Maurice DeBrunoff. NOTE: This work and the others in the collection need to be compared to those in the book once the book can be located and examined. In this work, the "faun, played by Nijinsky, is posed with his right leg crossed over the left around a blue and yellow patterned swath of cloth that moves in loose arcs around the character. His legs have been painted with large brown spots.Artwork Details
Medium
Gouache and WatercolorDimensions
Dimension Description
SightHeight
11-5/8 inWidth
7-3/4 in