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[BAKST] André LEVINSON The Story of Leon Bakst’s Life. New York: Brentano’s, 1922. –

Lotto 716
3 0003 500
240, [2] pp., ill.; 37.5×29 cm. Edition of 250 copies. In English. Numerous lithographs and in-text illustrations after original drawings by Leon Bakst, 68 plates (included in pagination), 52 of which are in colour, including a portrait of Bakst by Modigliani. In the publisher’s parchment binding and slipcase. Decorative embossing on the spine: ornamentation and book title. In good condition. Some rubbing and soiling. First edition. André Levinson’s renowned work on the life of Léon Bakst was printed in Berlin by A. Kogan for the New York publisher. The English-language edition was produced in a smaller print run. The French edition had 500 copies. Léon Bakst (real name—Leyb-Khaim Izrailevich, or Lev Samoilovich Rosenberg; 1866–1924) was a legendary Russian artist, stage designer, book illustrator, master of easel painting and theatrical graphics, and one of the key figures of the World of Art movement and Sergei Diaghilev’s theatrical-artistic projects.


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