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Léon Bakst
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- Léon Bakst
- Costume Design for La Nuit Ensorcelée
- signed in Latin and dated 23 t.r.
- gouache and pencil heightened with gold on paper laid on board
- 49 by 33cm, 19 1/4 by 13in.
Provenance
Henri Chauvier, Paris
Sotheby's New York, Dance, Theatre and Opera, Music Hall and Film, 21 November 1984, lot 82
Sotheby's New York, Dance, Theatre and Opera, Music Hall and Film, 21 November 1984, lot 82
Literature
L.Réau et al, The Inedited Works of Bakst, New York: Brentano's, 1927, pl.XXVI, An Old Woman (The Marvellous Night)
Catalogue Note
Set to music by Chopin and choreography by Leo Staats, the ballet La Nuit Ensorcelée was first performed at the Paris Opéra on 12 November 1923. Set in a grand Parisian mansion, the ballet centres on the story of two young girls and their encounter with magical dolls at night. The present lot is likely a costume design for one of the girls’ three aunts that feature in the ballet.