Lot #899: LEON BAKST - Costume Design for Tamara Karsavina As La Fiancee in Le Dieu Bleu I - Watercolor, gouache, and pencil drawing on paper

 

Artist: Leon Bakst (Russian, 1866-1924).
Title: "Costume Design for Tamara Karsavina As La Fiancee in Le Dieu Bleu I".
Medium: Watercolor, gouache, and pencil drawing on paper.
Date: Composed 1911.
Dimensions: Overall size: 12 1/2 x 9 1/4 in. (317 x 235 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed and dated in pencil, lower right recto; annotated "Dieu Bleu" in pencil, upper right recto, and "'La Fiancee' I" in pencil, lower left, recto; collector ink stamps and annotations, verso. Painted on cream wove paper. Very good condition; remains of newspaper (hinging?) upper left and right, verso; very small 1/2" repaired tear lower left; else fine. Provenance: If you have a genuine interest in bidding on this work kindly send an email to: [email protected] for provenance information and additional image(s). Comment(s): A drawing from the same series as our example, “Costume Design for Tamara Karsavina As la Fiancee in le Dieu Bleu,” watercolor and gouache on paper, 11 1/8” x 8 7/16,” 1911, sold for $66,750 (£43,750) at Sotheby’s London, New Bond Street, 06/04/2013, lot #175. Image copyright © The Estate of Leon Bakst. [30291-2-40000]