Léon Bakst (1866-1924)

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Lot 123 | Léon Bakst (1866-1924)
Léon Bakst (1866-1924)

Le Schah de Perse, Projet de costume pour le ballet "Schéhérazade" de Diaghilev

aquarelle et graphite rehaussé de peinture dorée sur papier

29.2 x 18.2 cm.

Exécuté vers 1910



watercolour and pencil heightened with gold paint on paper

11 1/2 x 7 1/4 in.

Executed circa 1910





Provenance

Collection particulière, Italie.



Post lot text

L’adaptation originale en ballet de la suite symphonique Shéhérazade de Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) a été présentée pour la première fois lors des Saisons Russes de Sergei Diaghilev (1872-1929) le 4 juin 1910 à l’Opéra Garnier à Paris. Bakst a travaillé sur le livret pour le ballet avec le chorégraphe Michel Fokine (1880-1942), ainsi que sur la conception générale.

The original ballet adaptation of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s (1844-1908) symphonic suite Scheherazade premiered during Sergei Diaghilev’s (1872-1929) Saisons Russes on the 4 June 1910 at the Opéra Garnier in Paris. Bakst worked on the libretto for the ballet with the choreographer Michel Fokine (1880-1942), and the overall design.
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