Ohne Titel (costume design for La péri by Paul Dukas)

Name/Title

Ohne Titel (costume design for La péri by Paul Dukas)

Entry/Object ID

120.U.BU.0006

Description

The dancer's name appears at the top of the hand colored image, identifying the wearer in the opera Peri, by Paul Dukas. This one-act performance tells the story of Alexander the Great's (Iskander in Persian) search for immortality in Persia with the mythological Peri from whom he temporarily steals the flower of immortality. This figure wears a costume of complex. patterns that are blue, white and green. The blue open skirt has a yellow patterned lining. The figures legs are covered in tan designs on a black background. Swirling around the figure is a long patterned rust scarf.

Artwork Details

Medium

Hand colored design sketch: watercolor and gouache

Made/Created

Artist

Léon Bakst

Date made

1911

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Sight

Height

10-5/8 in

Width

6-5/8 in

Depth

1 in

Dimension Description

Image

Height

10-1/2 in

Width

6-5/8 in