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Nijinsky
Artist:
Léon Bakst
Date:
1909
Media:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
203.5 x 116.2 cm
Ownership:
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Provenance:
Bequest of Mildred Barnes Bliss
Bequest of Mildred Barnes Bliss
Léon Bakst painted this portrait of Vaslav Nijinsky on the beach at the Lido in Venice in 1909.
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