Hindu Ballet, No. 2

Léon Nikolaievitch Bakst (Russian, 1866–1924)

1913

Medium/TechniqueOpaque and transparent watercolor, silver paint, and graphite pencil on paper

DimensionsSheet: 31.2 x 23.9 cm (12 5/16 x 9 7/16 in.)

Credit LineJuliana Cheney Edwards Collection

Accession number39.645

On View

Not on view

ClassificationsWatercolors

Collections

ProvenanceAnna Pavlova (b. 1881 - d. 1931), London. Grace M. Edwards (d. 1938), Boston; 1939, bequest of Grace M. Edwards to the MFA [see note]. (Accession Date: October 11, 1939)

NOTE:
Siblings Robert (d. 1924), Hannah (d. 1929), and Grace (d. 1938) Edwards were each collectors of art, who seemed to have had joint ownership of the objects in their possession. When Robert died, he bequeathed his collection to the MFA in memory of their mother, Juliana Cheney Edwards. In 1925, after his death, part of his collection was acquired by the Museum, and the remainder went to his sisters, with the understanding that the objects would ultimately be left to the MFA in the collection begun in memory of their mother. The collections of Hannah and Grace were left to the MFA in 1939, following Grace's death. It is not always possible to determine exactly which works of art each sibling had owned.