Lot 145
  • 145

Léon Bakst

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Léon Bakst
  • Portrait of a Young Girl
  • signed in Latin, dedicated to Marcel Marquet and dated 1897 l.l.; further inscribed and dedicated by Mary Marquet on the reverse
  • watercolour on paper
  • 39 by 35cm, 15 1/2 by 13 1/2 in.

Provenance

A gift from the artist to Marcel Marquet
Thence by descent to Mary Marquet
A gift from the above to Doctor Annette Maury, 18 February 1945

Condition

The sheet has been laid on board. There is a very minor area of abrasion along the lower edge, otherwise in overall very good condition. Held in a simple wooden frame under glass. Unexamined out of frame.
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