SEPT. 27TH FABULOUS FALLTASTIC AUCTION

LEON BAKST BALLET RUSSE "THE SULTAN" GOUACHE

This auction ended on September 27, 2025.

Start price: $120

Estimated price: $3,500 - $10,000

Buyer's Premium: 25%

Sold for: $600

Description

Leon Bakst (Belarusian, 1866-1924) Ballet Russe “The Sultan” watercolor, pencil and gouache on paper framed. This piece was a design for a costume used in one of the ballet russes. Léon (Lev) Samoylovich Bakst, (8 February [O.S. 27 January] 1866 – 27 December 1924), was a Russian painter and scene and costume designer of Jewish origin. He was a member of the Sergei Diaghilev circle and the Ballets Russes, for which he designed exotic, richly coloured sets and costumes. He designed the décor for such productions as Carnaval (1910), Spectre de la rose (1911), Daphnis and Chloe (1912), The Sleeping Princess (1921) and others. Possibly a pochoir lithograph.
Size: 15.00″ X 17.00″
Condition: See pictures.