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1913

  • Work on this object began.

1947

  • We acquired this object.

1991

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Drawing, Costume Design: Queen's Servant

This is a Drawing. It was created by Leon Nikojajevitsch Rosenberg and designed by Léon Bakst. It is dated 1913 and we acquired it in 1947. Its medium is graphite, brush and watercolor, silver, gold paint, pen and black ink on paper mounted on board. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Mrs. G. Macculloch Miller. It is credited Gift of Mrs. G. Macculloch Miller.

Its dimensions are

32.1 x 23.5cm (12 5/8 x 9 1/4in.)

It is signed

Signed in graphite, lower left: BAKST

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, upper left: Serves de la Reine avec fruits; in upper right: Pisanella III Acte.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Costume Design: Queen's Servant; Leon Nikojajevitsch Rosenberg; Designed by Léon Bakst (Russian, born Belarus, 1866–1924); France; graphite, brush and watercolor, silver, gold paint, pen and black ink on paper mounted on board; 32.1 x 23.5cm (12 5/8 x 9 1/4in.) ; Gift of Mrs. G. Macculloch Miller; 1947-77-1

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.

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