Property of the late Marcello Violante Léon Bakst (1886 - 1...

Hammer

£1,000

Property of the late Marcello Violante

Léon Bakst (1886 - 1924)
Set and stage design sketches for The Sleeping Princess

Pencil on paper (Savoy Hotel stationary)
Four drawings in a glass frame

Literature:

• Charles Spencer, Leon Bakst, Academy Editions, 1973


• Alexander Schouvaloff, Bakst, The Theatre Art, Sotheby’s Publications, 1991


• Diana Souhami Bakst, the Rothschild Panels of the Sleeping Beauty, Philip Wilson, 1992

Dimensions:
(Frame) 29.75 in. (H) x 18.25 in. (W)

Léon Bakst (Russian: Leon – born as Leyb-Khaim Izrailevich (later Samoylovich) Rosenberg, (27 January (8 February) 1866 – 28 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.