Costume Design: Narcisse

Incomplete painting on brown paper with black and yellow paint for a man in a flat, wide hat and a flowing, sleeveless garment that reaches his knees. A pencil annotation reads: NARCISSE: BEUTHIEN.

Costume Design: Narcisse

Description:
Costume Design for a Boeotian, for Narcisse
Artist:
Léon Bakst
Medium:
Gouache and graphite on paper
Dimensions:
H. 44.5 cm; W. 32.5 cm
Date:
ca. 1911
Inventory Number:
MS Thr 414.4 (16)
Lender:
Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard University
Credit:
Howard D. Rothschild Collection, Bequest, 1989
Houghton Library, Harvard University