Stage Design for Cleopatra
ca. 1918 · Watercolor, gouache, metallic paint, and graphite on paper
Dimensions : 13 3/4 x 18 5/8 in. (34.9 x 47.3 cm)
Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Credit Bequest of William S. Lieberman, 2005
The Ballets Russes first performed Cleopatra at the Théâtre du Châteletin Paris on May 19, 1909, with sets and costumes designed by Léon Bakst.The production became part of the company’s repertoire and was performed repeatedly until the sets and costumes were destroyed in a fire in 1917. In 1918 the ballet was redesigned with sets by Robert Delaunay and costumes by his wife, Sonia Terk Delaunay. A key figure of Orphism, Delaunay applied the intense color principles of the movement to his sets designs; the production premiered at the Coliseum Theatre in London on September 5, 1918.
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Stage Design for Cleopatra (ca. 1918) by Robert Delaunay, watercolor, gouache, metallic paint, and graphite on paper, from the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection.
About Robert Delaunay
Robert Delaunay (12 April 1885 – 25 October 1941) was a French artist who, with his wife Sonia Delaunay and others, co-founded the Orphism art movement, noted for its use of strong colours and geometric shapes. His later works were more abstract.
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