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Léon Bakst (1866-1924)
Lot 48 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE SWISS COLLECTION

Léon Bakst (1866-1924)

Costume design for Sleeping Beauty: The Chinese Mandarin

Closed28 May 2012

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Léon Bakst (1866-1924)
Costume design for Sleeping Beauty: The Chinese Mandarin
signed and dated 'Bakst/1921' (lower right)
pencil, watercolour and gouache, heightened with gold, on paper
16 x 10 in. (40.5 x 26 cm.)

Vladimir Hessen, New York.
Acquired by the previous owner circa 1970.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, 23 May 1990, lot 354.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.