Costume design for Jewish Dancer, from Cleopatra

Name/Title

Costume design for Jewish Dancer, from Cleopatra

Entry/Object ID

120.U.BU.0005

Description

This hand-colored costume design sketch details the clothing designed by Bakst for the Jewish dancer in the ballet impresario Sergei Diaghilev's production of Cleopatra Ballet Russes- Judaica. It shows the dancer from the front with a flat hat attached to a scarf on the figure's head shown in profile. A billowing cape of teal and gold covers a gold-toned jacket, The figure wears striped puffy pantaloons.

Artwork Details

Medium

Hand colored design sketch: watercolor and gouache

Made/Created

Artist

Léon Bakst

Date made

1910

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Outer

Height

16 in

Width

11-1/4 in

Depth

1 in

Dimension Description

Sight

Height

10-7/8 in

Width

7-1/4 in

Dimension Description

Image

Height

10-3/4 in

Width

6-3/4 in