MacDougall Auctions 28 November 2005

28 November 2005

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Design for a "Bluebird" screen
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117. BAKST, LEON 1866-1924

Design for a "Bluebird" screen circa 1921, watercolour and pencil, heightened with gold, on paper, 21 by 28 cm.

For Diaghilev's production of the ballet "La Belle au Bois Dormant" at the Alhambra Theatre in London in 1921.
3,000-5,000 Pounds

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