Live Auction 5438The Sunday Sale
LÉON BAKST (RUSSIAN, 1866-1924)
Lot 180

LÉON BAKST (RUSSIAN, 1866-1924)

Closed30 November 2008

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GBP 5,250

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LÉON BAKST (RUSSIAN, 1866-1924)
A Russian dancer, possibly a study of Nijinsky in Le Carnival, Ballet Russes, 1910
signed 'Bakst' (lower left)
pencil
7½ x 4¾ in. (19 x 12 cm.)

The Lady Juliet Duff Collection.
Michael Renshaw, Esq.

Specialist note

From 1909 onwards, Bakst worked closely with Serge Diaghilev on set and stage designs for the Ballet Russes including Cleopatra in 1909, Rimsky-Korsakov's Scherezade in 1910 and Daphnis et Chloé in 1912. In 1914 Bakst was elected a member of the Imperial Academy of Arts.
We are grateful to Mr. Charles Spencer for his assistance with cataloguing this lot.