Lot 212279:
LEON BAKST BALLET RUSSE "POCHOIR" DESIGN GOUACHE
Sold for: $800
Description
Leon Bakst (Belarusian, 1866-1924) Ballet Russe Costume design for “Pochoir” 1922 Fantasy watercolor, pencil and gouache on paper framed. 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.
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