Lot 761
  • 761

Leon Bakst and Studio

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description

  • Leon Bakst and Studio
  • Costume Design for Hippolytus from Phèdre
  • signed in Latin (lower right), and inscribed in Latin (upper right).
  • gouache over pencil heightened with silver paint on paper
  • 32.5 by 19cm, 12 3/4 by 7 1/2 in.
  • executed circa 1923.

Provenance

Family of the artist, Paris;
Sotheby's London, 23 October 1980, lot 140

Condition

The sheet has slightly discoloured and shows some minor creasing. There is a layer of light surface dirt. Held in gold painted frame behind glass. Unexamined out of frame.
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