Bright midnight blue ground with anexotic dancer in a wispy green veil dancing in the mists. Beautiful Art Deco decorative panel with a surface of hammered gesso and painted in an intense layer of pigments in encaustic, giving the painted surface an inner glossy, strong color of deep blue.
The jewelry is applied with tiny textured beads over the surface, and the background is a hammered, swirling surface. Signed S M LaGile 1921. Painted on a wooden panel with an attached panel identifying the art as a Leon Bakst design for the ballet "La Peri"


Condition:
Alterations: Original Condition Unaltered
Imperfections: Needs Restoration
Condition Notes: age-appropriate, with small circular loss to the upper left, and on the lower left and center, apparently a nail head was removed from the panel. See detailed photos of the surface. period frame with losses to the gesso.

Origin:
France

Materials & Techniques:
Encaustic, Mixed-Media

Details:
Country of Origin: France
Art Subjects: Figure
What type of item is it? Vintage / Antique / Used
Frame Type: Framed

Original Condition Unaltered; Needs Restoration; age-appropriate, with small circular loss to the upper left, and on the lower left and center, apparently a nail head was removed from the panel. See detailed photos of the surface. period frame with losses to the gesso.