LEON BAKST (1866-1924) Costume design for Le Prince Charmant for the Ballet 'La Belle au Bois Dormant' (Sleeping Beauty) - Sergei Diaghilev

signed and inscribed 'Le Prince Charmant' (lower right), old labels 'Exhibition of Ballets Russes Musee des Arts Decoratifs Paris', 'Edinburgh Festival 1954', 'Arthur Tooth & Sons Ltd' (on the reverse) pencil, watercolour and gouache, heightened with gold and silver, on paper 31.3 x 19.5 cm. Provenance Arthur Tooth & Sons, London (label on the reverse of the backboard). Acquired from the above by the mother of the present owner circa 1937. Christie's, London, 29.11.2019, lot 85 Private Collection Literature Exhibition catalogue, Ballets Russes de Diaghilew 1909 à 1929, Paris, 1939, listed p. 14, no. 46. Exhibition catalogue, The Diaghilev exhibition, Edinburgh, 1954, listed p. 21, no. 241. Exhibition catalogue, The Diaghilev exhibition from the Edinburgh Festival, 1954, London, 1954, listed p. 21, no. 277. Exhibited Paris, Palais du Louvre, Ballets Russes de Diaghilew 1909 à 1929, March-June 1939, no. 46. Edinburgh, The Edinburgh Festival, College of Art, The Diaghilev exhibition, 1954, no. 241 (label on the reverse of the backboard). London, Forbes House, The Diaghilev exhibition from the Edinburgh Festival, 1954, 1954, no. 277.