Russian Gouache painting Sketch
Costume design for Vatslav Nijinsky
"Blue God"
Ballet
1911
Paris
Serge de Diaghileff's Ballet Russe
Premiered in Paris, on May 13, 1912
Choreographed by Michel Fokine
Written by Jean Cocteau
size of painting : 40 x 30 cm
size of frame : 46 x 36 cm
Stamp : Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg
Hand painted
Gouache, gold paint on paper
Textile examples for costume
Condition is good
With wood frame and glass
Design for tunic for the Blue God
The costume is largely made from silk, satin, velvet ribbon, braid and embroidery thread, although set against the luxury silken fabrics are panels made from a simpler cotton or rayon material patterned with a floral, lotus-inspired design. The tunic’s dominant colours are pink, blue, gold and green and black and triangular and diamond patterns sit beside curves and half circles. Emerald green jewel-like sequins spill down strips of olive green braid. Some parts of the tunic have been sewn by hand.
Leon Bakst was a Russian painter, costume, and textile designer. This print features the costume painting Bakst produced for the character of Bacchante for the first trilogy of Greek-themed ballets he designed for the Ballet Russes. His research into the art of ancient Greece had begun in St Petersburg when preparing designs for productions of the Greek tragedies Hippolytus, Antigone and Oedipus and Colonnus in 1902 and 1904.
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