Lev Samoilovich Bakst

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Description

Lev Samoilovich Bakst
Pencil sketch for the Palace Decor in La Belle au Bois Dormant, 1921
signed and dated Bakst/1921 (lower left)
pencil with white heightening on board
9 1/4 by 8 1/4 in.
23.5 by 21 cm

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Benedict Lissim

Exhibited

Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Ballets Russes de Diaghilew, 1909-1929, 1939, no. 45, p. 14 as Croquis pour un décor from La Belle Au Bois Dormant, 1921
Edinburgh, The Fine Art Society, ltd.; London, The Fine Art Society, ltd.;
New York, Davis & Long Company, Leon Bakst, no. 67, as Sleeping Princess: Preliminary Design for Decor, 1921, 1976-1977