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Lot 644
LÉON BAKST (1866-1924)
Costume design for Tamara Karsavina as 'L'Oiseau de Feu'
Closed23 October 2022
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USD 32,760
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L’oiseau de feu [The Firebird] was first staged as a pas de deux in the suite of dances called Le Festin during the 1909 season of the Ballets Russes in Paris. Bakst designed the costumes for the two principal dancers - Tamara Karsavina (1885-1978) and Vaclav Nijinsky (1889-1950) - which were the earliest of his costume designs that the Western public saw.
The first performance of the expanded L’oiseau de feu by the Ballets Russes was at the Théâtre National de l’Opéra in Paris on 25 June 1910. Sergei Diaghilev (1872-1929) commissioned Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) to compose the music and Michel Fokine (1880-1942) - the choreography. Léon Bakst designed the costume for Karsavina who danced the part of the 'Firebird', while the artist Alexander Golovine (1863-1930) created the set and other costumes.
The first performance of the expanded L’oiseau de feu by the Ballets Russes was at the Théâtre National de l’Opéra in Paris on 25 June 1910. Sergei Diaghilev (1872-1929) commissioned Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) to compose the music and Michel Fokine (1880-1942) - the choreography. Léon Bakst designed the costume for Karsavina who danced the part of the 'Firebird', while the artist Alexander Golovine (1863-1930) created the set and other costumes.