Costume design for an old Jewish priest holding the head of Holofernes in Judith (likely for Théâtre du Gymnase, Paris, 1922)

1922

Not on view

Artist: Léon Bakst (Lev Samoilovich Rosenberg)
Title: Costume design for an old Jewish priest holding the head of Holofernes in Judith (likely for Théâtre du Gymnase, Paris, 1922)
Date: 1922
Object Type: Drawing
Medium: Watercolor, opaque watercolor, and silver metallic paint over graphite on paper
Dimensions: Sheet: 446 x 291 mm (17 9/16 x 11 7/16 in.)
Credit Line: Theater and Dance Collection, gift of Mrs. Adolph B. Spreckels
Accession Number: T&D1962.36

The Society of The Four Arts, Palm Beach, Florida,The Golden Age of Ballet Design, exh. cat. by Earl Anderson, 1976, no. 8;
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honor,Russian Theater and Costume Designs from The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1980 (circulated 1980-1982), exh.cat.intro. by John E. Bowlt, cat.by Nikita D. Lobanov, Nina Lobanov, and Aimée Troyen, no.14, p.24 , repr. p.24
CPLH, The First Fifty Years, Celebrating the AFGA, 1948 - 1998, 18 April - 5 July 1998.
The Jewish Community Museum, San Francisco,"Fifty Treasures: Judaica and Hebraica from Bay Area Collections", 10 Oct 1984 - 28 Feb 1985.

Currently on view