Lev Samoilovich Bakst, 1866-1924

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Description

Lev Samoilovich Bakst
costume design for ida rubinstein - 'istar'
signed in Latin l.l. and titled (possibly added later)
pencil, watercolour, gouache heightened with gold and silver on paper
48.2 by 31.4cm., 19 by 12 3/8 in.

Provenance

Studio of the Artist, Paris

M. Rasamatt, Paris

The Fine Art Society, London, 1972

Sotheby's London, Impressionist and Modern Art, 20th Century Russian and Avant-Garde Art, 18th May 1988, lot 303

Private Collection, England

Literature

Alexander Schouvaloff, Leon Bakst: The Theatre Art, London, 1991, p.235

Catalogue Note

The offered lot is a costume design for Ida Rubinstein in the title role in the one-act 'danced poem' by Leon Bakst peformed in honour of the international Olympic Committee, National Olympic Committees, and International Sport Federations at the Opera, Paris, on 10th July 1924. There was only one peformance but it was later revived on 23rd February 1925.