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BAKST, LÉON (1866-1924)

Costume Design for the Queen's Guard in «Judith» . Pencil, gouache, gold and silver paint on paper, 29 by 22.5 cm. Provenance: With Gilbert Cournand, Paris.Russian Pictures, Sotheby's London, November 2003, lot 151. Acquired at the above auction by the present owner. Private collection, UK. Literature: Comоedia Illustré, December 1922, illustrated on the cover. Judith, a dramatic comedy by Henry Bernstein, was first produced at the Théatre du Gymnase in Paris in 1922.

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BAKST, LÉON (1866-1924)

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W. Siegfried, Studienskizze zur Tragödie 'Judith' / A study sketch of the tragedy 'Judith', 1932

Lot 401

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