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LEON BAKST Gouache-Russian 1911 Costume

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LEON BAKST Gouache-Russian 1911 Costume
<b>LEON BAKST</b>

(Lev Nikolajewitsch)
Saint Petersburg 1866 - 1924 Paris (Russian)

Le Martyre de Saint Sebastien - 1911
Original Hand Signed Gouache Painting

Title : Le Martyre de Saint Sebastien

Technique : Original Gouache and Metalic paint paper.

Paper Size : 28 X 17.5 cm / 11 X 6.9 inch.

Additional information: The work is Hand Signed by the artist at the lower right part "Bakst".
It is also titled in pencil at the upper right part "St. Sebastien".
This original costume design by Bakst was prepered for the Ballet "Le Martyre de Saint Sebastien" (play by Gabriele d'Annuzio, music by Claude Debussy, costume design by Leon Bakst).
The play was first preformed on the 22nd of May 1911 in the Theatre du Chatelet.

Provenance :Ex. Collection Carolina Mandel, Palm Beach, Florida.

Condition : Good Condition. (stains in the left part ofthe paper)