ID 820223
Lot 642 | LÉON BAKST (1866-1924)
Estimate value
$ 30 000 – 50 000
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.
| Artist: | Leon Bakst (1866 - 1924) |
|---|---|
| Applied technique: | Painted, Watercolor on paper, Watercolor |
| Medium: | Gold |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Leon Bakst (1866 - 1924) |
|---|---|
| Applied technique: | Painted, Watercolor on paper, Watercolor |
| Medium: | Gold |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 20 Rockefeller Plaza 10020 New York USA | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preview |
| ||||||||||||||
| Phone | +1 212 636 2000 | ||||||||||||||
| Fax | +1 212 636 4930 | ||||||||||||||
| Conditions of purchase | Conditions of purchase | ||||||||||||||
| Shipping |
Postal service Courier service pickup by yourself | ||||||||||||||
| Payment methods |
Wire Transfer | ||||||||||||||
| Business hours | Business hours
|














