LÉON BAKST (1866-1924)

Lot 642
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Lot 642 | LÉON BAKST (1866-1924)
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LÉON BAKST (1866-1924)

Costume design for 'Scheherazade': Almée

signed and dated 'BAKST/1910' (lower right)

pencil and watercolor, heightened with gold, on paper

14 3/4 x 8 3/8 in. (37.5 x 21.3 cm.)





Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 14 December 1995, lot 289.

Acquired at the above sale by Ann and Gordon Getty.



Literature

M. Cissan, 'Les Etoiles des Ballets Russes', Comœdia illustré, Paris, no.18 (supplement), 15 June 1910, illustrated on center spread, p. [13].

C. Spencer, Léon Bakst, London, 1973, illustrated p. 75, no. 52 (seen in the spread by L. Vogel from Comœdia illustré, no. 18 (supplement), 15 June 1910).

A. Schouvaloff, Léon Bakst: The Theatre Art, London, 1991, illustrated and listed p. 99.
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