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Summers End TWO-Day Mega Auction- Part 1

Lot 209054:

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LEON BAKST BALLET RUSSE "THE SULTAN" GOUACHE

This auction ended on August 16, 2025.

Start price: $700

Estimated price: $3,500 - $10,000

Buyer's Premium: 25%

Not sold

Description

Leon Bakst (Belarusian, 1866-1924) Ballet Russe "The Sultan" watercolor, pencil and gouache on paper framed. This piece was a design for a costume used in one of the ballet russes. Léon (Lev) Samoylovich Bakst, (8 February [O.S. 27 January] 1866 – 27 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.
Size: 15.00" X 17.00"
Condition: Very fine.