LEON BAKST (1866 -1924) Costume design for Spear Carrier for the ballet 'Cleopatra', Les Ballets Russes - Sergei Diaghilev

signed and dated 'Bakst 1912' (lower right), stamps 'G Rasamatt Paris', 'Yamateo Fine Arts exhibit.' (on the reverse) gouache, pencil heightened with gold on paper 27x13.5 cm Executed in 1912. Provenance: Julian Barran Gallery, London, 1994 G.Rasamatt, Paris (stamp on the reverse) Sotheby's, London, 27.11.2018. Private Collection Exhibited: An Exhibition of Designs for the Russian Ballet, Julian Barran, London 1994 cat. No 9 (illustrated) Hokkaido, Kushiro Art Museum; Kyoto, The National Museum of Modern Art; Tokyo, Metropolitan Teien Art Museum et al., A World of Stage: Russian Designs for Theater, Opera and Dance, April - October 2007 Literature: Exhibition catalogue, An Exhibition of Designs for the Russian Ballet, London, 1994, p.12, no.9 listed, pl.9 illustrated Exhibition catalogue, A World of Stage: Russian Designs for Theater, Opera and Dance, Japan: Art Impression Inc. 2007, p.36 illustrated