Ballets Russes – Ravenscourt Galleries

RG is proud to own a collection of original Ballets Russes costumes designed by Leon Bakst, Alexandre Benois, Natalia Goncharova for various productions of Sergey Diaghilev and later by his followers.

LEON BAKST
COSTUME FOR BLACK GUARD
Le Dieu Bleu
1912 (the skirt was added during later restoration) — LEON BAKST COSTUME FOR BLACK GUARD Le Dieu Bleu 1912 (the skirt was added during later restoration)

Bakst-Scheherezade

LEON BAKST
COSTUME FOR ALMEE
Scheherezade
(executed in 1930, after 1910 design) — LEON BAKST COSTUME FOR ALMEE Scheherezade (executed in 1930, after 1910 design)

LEON BAKST
COSTUME FOR ALMEE
Scheherezade
(executed in 1930, after 1910 design) — LEON BAKST COSTUME FOR ALMEE Scheherezade (executed in 1930, after 1910 design)

LEON BAKST
COSTUME FOR A YOUTH
Sheherazade
Late 1930s — LEON BAKST COSTUME FOR A YOUTH Sheherazade Late 1930s

Bakst-Scheherezade5

ALEXANDRE BENOIS
COSTUME FOR THE GENIUS OF HOURS, 1907
Le Pavillon d’Armide — ALEXANDRE BENOIS COSTUME FOR THE GENIUS OF HOURS, 1907 Le Pavillon d’Armide

NATALIA GONCHAROVA
HAT OF AN UNDERSEA MONSTER
Sadko
1916 — NATALIA GONCHAROVA HAT OF AN UNDERSEA MONSTER Sadko 1916

Goncharova

Goncharova-Gloves