Prop Design: Daybed for Cléopâtre

Painting of a long and geometric daybed with claw feet and a brown and black triangle pattern. French annotations and a height measurement appear in now-smudged pencil.

Prop Design: Daybed for Cléopâtre

Description:
Design for a Daybed Used by Ida Rubinstein During Rehearsals for Cléopâtre
Artist:
Léon Bakst
Medium:
Gouache, graphite, and gold paint on paper
Dimensions:
H. 22.9 cm; W. 31.1 cm
Date:
1909
Inventory Number:
2015.787.8
Lender:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Credit:
Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Sallie Blumenthal, 2015
Image copyright © The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Image source: Art Resource, NY