Costume Design: Cléopâtre

Unfinished painting of a figure facing sideways wearing a costume, inspired by Egyptian clothing, that consists of a wrap-around skirt, a shawl tied at the chest, and a close-fitting cap covering the entire hairline and back of the neck. The body of the figure has been painted, but the clothing is only outlined in pencil with some gold highlights added. Annotations appear in pencil.

Costume Design: Cléopâtre

Description:: Costume Design for a Temple Servant, for Cléopâtre

Artist:: Léon Bakst

Medium:: Watercolor and graphite on paper

Dimensions:: H. 28 cm; W. 21 cm

Date:: 1910

Inventory Number:: MS Thr 414.4 (7)

Lender:: Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard University

Credit:: Howard D. Rothschild Collection, Bequest 1989

Houghton Library, Harvard University