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AUCTION 35: DECEMBER 2022 DECORATIVE AND FINE ART SALE
Lot 291:
Leon Nikolaievitch Bakst (Russian, French, 1866 – 1924) a watercolor on paper stage design painting. Signed by the artist lower left. Leon Bakst was a Russian painter and scene and costume designer of Belarusian origin. He was a member of the Sergei Diaghilev circle and the Ballets Russes, for which he designed exotic, richly colored sets and costumes. He designed the decor for such productions as Carnaval, 1910, Spectre de la rose, 1911, Daphnis and Chloe, 1912, The Sleeping Princess, 1921, and others.
Dimensions: 14 x 10 in., (35.5 x 25.5 cm.)
Condition: Very good.
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