Russian Pictures
Russian Pictures
Property from the Private Collection of Pat and Michael York
Léon Bakst
Costume Design for the Lilac Fairy in La Belle au Bois Dormant
Auction Closed
December 1, 03:47 PM GMT
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Private Collection of Pat and Michael York
Léon Bakst
1866 - 1924
Costume Design for the Lilac Fairy in La Belle au Bois Dormant
signed in Latin and dated 1920 t.r.
pencil and watercolour heightened with gold on paper
Sheet: 29 by 17cm, 11½ by 6¾in.
Framed: 53 by 39.5cm, 20¾ by 15½in.
The artist
Private collection, New York
Sotheby's New York, Dance, Theater and Opera, 15 December 1977, lot 19
Acquired at the above sale by the present owners
Private collection, New York
Sotheby's New York, Dance, Theater and Opera, 15 December 1977, lot 19
Acquired at the above sale by the present owners
Revived under the title The Sleeping Princess at the London Alhambra Theatre in 1921, this production of La Belle au bois dormant was Bakst’s last collaboration with Sergei Diaghilev. The reviews were abundant with praise, with the Daily Mail writing, ‘Bakst… sets out to ravish, not to shock the eye. His Versailles of last night would have made Louis XIV himself look dim’ (R.Capell, ‘“The Sleeping Princess.” Bakst splendours at Russian Ballet. Olga Spessiva’, Daily Mail, 3 November 1921). For the London production Lydia Lopokova was cast as the Lilac Fairy.