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Hindu Ballet, No. 2
Léon Nikolaievitch Bakst (Russian, 1866–1924)
1913
Medium/Technique
Opaque and transparent watercolor, silver paint, and graphite pencil on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 31.2 x 23.9 cm (12 5/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Juliana Cheney Edwards Collection
Accession Number39.645
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
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.
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.