Russian Pictures
Russian Pictures
Property from the Private Collection of Pat and Michael York
Léon Bakst
Costume Design for John the Baptist in Salomé
Auction Closed
December 1, 03:47 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Private Collection of Pat and Michael York
Léon Bakst
1866 - 1924
Costume Design for John the Baptist in Salomé
inscribed in Latin t.r.; further bearing various gallery and exhibition labels on the backing board
watercolour over pencil on artist's board
Sheet: 27 by 17.5cm, 10¾ by 7in.
Framed: 50 by 40cm, 19¾ by 15¾in.
Waddington and Tooth Galleries, London
Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, Dance, Theater, Opera, 24 November 1978, lot 28
Acquired at the above sale by the present owners
Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, Dance, Theater, Opera, 24 November 1978, lot 28
Acquired at the above sale by the present owners
Exhibition catalogue Theatre: An exhibition of 20th century theatrical designs and drawings, 1974, no.21 listed
Ida Rubinstein's second production of Strauss's opera Salomé was first performed at the Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris on June 10, 1912 with choreography by Michel Fokine and costumes by Bakst. The libretto is Hedwig Lachmann's German translation of Oscar Wilde’s 1891 French play of the same name. The character of John the Baptist was renamed Jochanaan.