Live Auction 21607The Ann & Gordon Getty Collection: Volume 4 | Chinese Works of Art, English and European Furniture and Decorative Arts, Day Sale
LÉON BAKST (1866-1924)
Lot 640

LÉON BAKST (1866-1924)

Costume design for 'Sadko': Indian guest

Closed23 October 2022

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LÉON BAKST (1866-1924)
Costume design for 'Sadko': Indian guest
signed and dated 'Bakst/1917' (lower right)
pencil and watercolor, heightened with gold, on paper
19 x 12 3/4 in. (48.2 x 32.4 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 14 December 1995, lot 295.
Acquired at the above sale by Ann and Gordon Getty.

Specialist note

In 1917 Bakst created a series of costume designs for an unrealized production of the opera Sadko by the Ballets Russes. This design was likely for the character of Indian merchant who had a dedicated aria – 'The Song of the Indian Guest'.