Prop Design: Loom for Hélène de Sparte?
![Painting of an upright loom with a half-competed weaving and threads in blue, white, and red. The frame of the loom is also decorated with blue and red geometric figures. Measurements and other notations appear in pencil.](https://isaw.nyu.edu/exhibitions/ballets-russes/objects/88/@@images/e01af011-7d8d-4866-bf9a-a08e674121d9.jpeg)
Prop Design: Loom for Hélène de Sparte?
- Description:
- Design for a Loom, possibly for Hélène de Sparte
- Artist:
- Léon Bakst
- Medium:
- Graphite and gouache on paper
- Dimensions:
- H. 27.9 cm; W. 22.9 cm
- Date:
- ca. 1912–23
- Inventory Number:
- 2015.787.14
- 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