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1922

The Pilgrim

Léon Bakst

Russian, 1866 - 1924

Léon Bakst (born Lev Samoilovich Rosenberg) was a celebrated stage designer. This costume design for the 1912 ballet Le Dieu Bleu (The Blue God), based on a Hindu legend, demonstrates Bakst’s talent for harmonizing fluid line with brilliantly unconventional color to transport the dancer into the magical world of the stage.

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