Léon Bakst (1866-1924)
Lot 49PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE SWISS COLLECTION

Léon Bakst (1866-1924)

Costume design for L'adoration: Maria Kuznetsova

Fermé28 May 2012

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Léon Bakst (1866-1924)
Costume design for L'adoration: Maria Kuznetsova
signed and dated 'Bakst/22' (lower right), stamped 'M. NIJINSKY' (upper left)
pencil and gouache on paper
11 3/8 x 8½ in. (28.9 x 21.4 cm.)

Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 16 June 1992, lot 86.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Note du spécialiste

The design for this costume, Maria Kuznetsova's role in L'adoration, appeared on the cover of the programme printed for this production (see Alexander Schouvaloff, Léon Bakst: The Theatre Art, London, 1991, illustrated p. 218). L'adoration was one of two programmes performed at the Théâtre Fémina in Paris on 9 April 1922.