Dance in Art

Costume Design for Woman in a Black Coat, for Ballet Boutique Fantasque

Léon Bakst Russian, 1868-1924

Medium:

Watercolor and graphite, with touches of gouache, on ivory laid paper, laid down on gray board

Collection:

Prints and Drawings

Source:

aic

Rights:

AIC — rights reserved

Costume Design for Woman in a Black Coat, for Ballet Boutique Fantasque, by Léon Bakst Russian, 1868-1924, is a public-domain watercolor and graphite, with touches of gouache, on ivory laid paper, laid down on gray board in the LODance gallery of dance in art. It's one of thousands of historic images tracing how dancing has been seen and celebrated across the centuries.