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Léon Bakst (1866-1924)
Lot 69

Léon Bakst (1866-1924)

A series of twelve postcards published by the St Evgenii Society depicting costume designs from La Fée des Poupées

Closed28 November 2011

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Léon Bakst (1866-1924)
A series of twelve postcards published by the St Evgenii Society depicting costume designs from La Fée des Poupées
each postcard 5½ x 3 5/8 in. (14 x 9 cm.), mounted as one

Specialist note

Léon Bakst designed the costumes for a production of Joseph Bayer's ballet La Fée des Poupées, which was first performed at the Hermitage Theatre in St Petersburg in February 1903. The present set of postcards was issued for the benefit of the St Evgenii Red Cross Society.