ID 820246
Lot 643 | LÉON BAKST (1866-1924)
Estimate value
$ 40 000 – 60 000
Fantaisie sur un costume moderne, Dioné
pencil, watercolor and gouache, heightened with silver, on paper
17 3/8 x 10 1/2 in. (44 x 26.7 cm.)
Executed in 1922
Provenance
Collection of Iain Harrison, England.
with The Fine Art Society, London, by 1976.
Acquired from the above by Ann and Gordon Getty in February 1995.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Bakst: Centenary Exhibition 1876-1976, London and Edinburgh, 1976, illustrated p. 11, listed p. 50, no. 108.
C. Spencer, Léon Bakst and the Ballets Russes, London, 1995, illustrated p. 176, listed p. 222, no. 265.
C. Spencer, Bakst in Greece, Athens, 2009, illustrated p. 176.
E. Bespalova, Bakst v Parizhe [Bakst in Paris], Moscow, 2016, illustrated p. 85, listed p. 247, no. 76.
Exhibited
London and Edinburgh, The Fine Art Society, Bakst: Centenary Exhibition 1876-1976, 21 August-11 September and 16 September-9 October 1976, no. 108 (label on the backboard).
New York, Davis & Long Company, Léon Bakst, 2-26 February 1977, no. 39 (label on the backboard).
San Antonio, McNay Art Institute, Bakst, 15 March 1977-17 April 1977, no. 39 (labels on the backboard).
Possibly, London, The Fine Art Society, Bakst and the Ballets Russes, 13 November-15 December 1995 (label on the backboard).
| Artist: | Leon Bakst (1866 - 1924) |
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| Applied technique: | Gouache, Painted, Watercolor on paper, Watercolor |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Leon Bakst (1866 - 1924) |
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| Applied technique: | Gouache, Painted, Watercolor on paper, Watercolor |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
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