Léon Bakst

Military Costume for a Lady

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December 1, 03:47 PM GMT

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a San Francisco Estate

Léon Bakst

1866 - 1924

Military Costume for a Lady

signed in Latin and dated 1918 l.r. and inscribed Costume pour ensembles t.r.; further bearing various exhibition labels on the backing paper

gouache heightened with gold over pencil on paper

Sheet: 27.5 by 13.5cm, 10¾ by 5¼in.

Framed: 52 by 41.5cm, 20½ by 16¼in.

The Fine Art Society, London
Innis Bromfield Gallery, San Francisco

Exhibition catalogue Bakst, London: The Fine Art Society, 1976, p.50, no.109 listed