MacDougall's Russian Art Auctions 1 December 2011
1 December 2011
72. BAKST, LÉON (1866-1924)
Costume Design for the Queen from "Sleeping Beauty", signed and variously inscribed.
Pencil, watercolour and gouache, heightened with gold ink, on paper, 33 by 25 cm.
30,000-40,000 GBP
Provenance: Private collection, UK.
Related literature: For a similar work, see Inedited Works of Bakst, with essays by L. Réau, D. Roche, V. Svietlov and A. Tessier, New York, Brentano’s, 1927, p. 69, pl. XVI.
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