Syrian dancer in "Cleopatre"
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834013
Item data
Title
Syrian dancer in "Cleopatre"
Collection
Wallach Division Picture Collection
Stage Costume -- Bakst
Names
Bakst, Léon, 1866-1924 (Costume designer)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1909
Date Issued: 1916
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC STAG-Bak
Subjects
Costumes
Borders (Ornament Areas)
Stage costume
Ballerinas
Ballet dancers
Cléopâtre (Choreographic work)
Genres
Costume Design Drawings
Reproductions
Notes
Source Note: From Souvenir Serge de Diaghileff's Ballet Russe, with originals by Leon Bakst and others. (New York : Metropolitan Ballet Company, c1916) Bakst, Léon (1866-1924), Artist.
Content: "à mon ami André Saglio 1909 Paris"--lettered in plate, top right.
Statement Of Responsibility: "Program, Ballet Russe © 1916 Met. Ballet Co."--written on border.
Physical Description
Halftone photomechanical prints
Extent: 30 x 22 cm (11 3/4 x 8 3/4 in.)
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17517451
Barcode: 33333159480256
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 1547bcc0-c564-012f-cae9-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1916
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Syrian dancer in "Cleopatre"" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1909. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1547bcc0-c564-012f-cae9-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1909). Syrian dancer in "Cleopatre" Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1547bcc0-c564-012f-cae9-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Syrian dancer in "Cleopatre"" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1547bcc0-c564-012f-cae9-58d385a7bc34
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