Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Jacomet, D.

Description

1. 1 print : pochoir, color; 32 x 23 cm.

Summary

1. Depiction of a Pierrot-like figure, in white garments and cap, his face hidden by a black half-mask, carrying a woman, probably a ballerina, in a rose-colored dress. The name Bakst is written across the lower right corner. To the right of the letter K are part of the artist's signature and the date 1922.

Alternative title

1. Bakst.
2. Inedited works of Bakst.

Subject

1. Pierrot (Fictitious character)
2. Pochoir prints
3. Book jackets

Genre/Form

1. Pochoir prints.
2. Book jackets.

Call number

1. *MGZFX Bak L Bak 1

Note

1. Title devised by cataloger.

Biography (note)

1. Possibly a trimmed dust jacket illustration for the publication Bakst (also known by the title Inedited works of Bakst), a portfolio of previously unpublished works by the Russian artist and stage designer Léon Bakst. It included ten printed plates and twenty photo-type plates hand-colored en pochoir by the atelier of Daniel Jacomet, accompanied by four essays. The portfolio was published in a limited edition of 600 by Brentano's, New York, in 1927.
2. Leon Bakst is probably best remembered today as a designer of sets and costumes for Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. His designs included the iconic ballets Schéhérazade (1910), Carnaval (1910), and Le spectre de la rose (1911).
3. Pochoir prints are created by using stencils to add layers of colors over the base of a black-and-white lithographed image.

Author

1. Bakst, Léon, 1866-1924. Artist

Title

1. Bakst [dust jacket?] [graphic].

Imprint

1. [1927]

Biography

1. Possibly a trimmed dust jacket illustration for the publication Bakst (also known by the title Inedited works of Bakst), a portfolio of previously unpublished works by the Russian artist and stage designer Léon Bakst. It included ten printed plates and twenty photo-type plates hand-colored en pochoir by the atelier of Daniel Jacomet, accompanied by four essays. The portfolio was published in a limited edition of 600 by Brentano's, New York, in 1927.
2. Leon Bakst is probably best remembered today as a designer of sets and costumes for Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. His designs included the iconic ballets Schéhérazade (1910), Carnaval (1910), and Le spectre de la rose (1911).
3. Pochoir prints are created by using stencils to add layers of colors over the base of a black-and-white lithographed image.

Local note

1. Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
2. For the complete portfolio, see: *MGRS+ 86-119.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Added author

1. Jacomet, D. Printer of plates

Added title

1. Bakst.
2. Inedited works of Bakst.

Research call number

1. *MGZFX Bak L Bak 1