Iconic Designs


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Alexandre Golovine (1863-1930). L’Oiseau de Feu, Costume design for Kostcheï the Immortal, undated. Watercolor and ink. b *2004MT-73. Bequest of the Bayard Kilgour Estate, 2001.

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Alexandre Golovine (1863-1930). L’Oiseau de Feu, Costume design for Kostcheï’s Wife, undated. Watercolor and ink. b *2004MT-73. Bequest of the Bayard Kilgour Estate, 2001.

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Alexandre Golovine (1863-1930). L’Oiseau de Feu, Costume design for Kostcheï’s Servants, undated. Watercolor and ink. b *2004MT-73. Bequest of the Bayard Kilgour Estate, 2001.

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Alexandre Golovine (1863-1930). L’Oiseau de Feu, Costume design for the Swampwench Kikamora, undated. Watercolor and ink. b *2004MT-73. Bequest of the Bayard Kilgour Estate, 2001.

Designs by Alexandre Golovine for L’Oiseau de Feu

Most of the costumes for the original production of The Firebird (L’Oiseau de Feu) were designed by Alexandre Golo­vine; those for the central characters, the Firebird and the Prince, were de­signed by Léon Bakst. However, when The Firebird received its first production in Russia, in 1921, Golovine produced these new costume designs.

Among the dancers’ names written on the design for Kostcheï’s Servants is the name of  Balanchivadze, which was George Balanchine’s name before he joined Diaghi­lev’s Ballets Russes.