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) (Russian, 1866 - 1924)
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: Overall: 17 9/16 x 11 7/16 in. (44.6 x 29.1 cm) Framed: 28 3/4 x 22 3/4 in. (73.025 x 57.785 cm)
Credit Line: Theater and Dance Collection, gift of Mrs. Adolph B. Spreckels
Accession Number: T&D1962.36

Palm Beach, Florida, The Society of The Four Arts, 1976. The Golden Age of Ballet Design.
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, January 19, 1980 – March 9, 1980. Russian Theater and Costume Designs from The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
San Francisco, The Jewish Community Museum, October 10, 1984 – February 28, 1985. Fifty Treasures: Judaica and Hebraica from Bay Area Collections.
San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, April 18 – July 5, 1998. - 5 July 1998. The First Fifty Years, Celebrating the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, 1948 – 1998.
San Francisco, Legion of Honor, November 9, 2024 – May 11, 2025. Dress Rehearsal: The Art of Theatrical Design.
Anderson, Earl, The Golden Age of Ballet Design, exh. cat. Palm Beach, Florida: The Society of The Four Arts, 1976, cat. no. 8.
Lobanov, Nikita D., Nina Lobanov, and Aimée Troyen, Russian Theater and Costume Designs from The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, exh.cat. The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1980, cat. No. 14, p. 24, repr. p. 24.

Currently on view