Pencil on laid paper
France, circa 1913
Léon Bakst (1866-1924) - Russian painter, costume and set designer, based in Paris
Signed with ‘Bakst’ lower right
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity by Alexander Schouvaloff, London, on 25.1.2010 (available as a copy)
Dimensions: 30 x 27.8 cm
Matted under glass in a gilt wooden frame: 46.5 cm x 48.5 cm
Good condition
Drawings make up a large part of Bakst’s oeuvre, including some costume depictions as well as a series of portrait studies; Bakst’s pencil drawings have been sold for up to €16,000 in the international auction market

Based in St. Petersburg, Nicholas Roerich (1874-1947), who worked among others as a painter and writer, was, as was Léon Bakst, a member of the ‘Mir Iskusstwa’ [The World of Art] that propagated a combination of the traditional principles of the Russian art with the characteristics of the Art Nouveau. Roerich, in the present drawing middle-aged with a long beard, also worked as a costume and set designer and became known to a broad public through his activity as a librettist and decorator for Stravinsky's ballet ‘The Rite of Spring’ in St. Petersburg in 1913.

Condition:

The sheet is mounted under a mat to the upper corners in a gilt wooden frame. The sheet is slightly discolored within the cutout of the mat and shows marks from light to the margins and slight foxing all over. Otherwise good impression. The frame is in very good condition. The sheet dimensions are 30 x 27.8 cm, and the frame measures 46.5 x 48.5 cm.

Léon Bakst (1866-1924)

From 1883, Léon Bakst studied art at the Imperial Russian Academy of Grodno, Russia. In 1893, he moved to Paris, where he met a group of young artists, including Alexander Benois, Sergei Diaghilev and Valentin Serov. Together they founded the magazine ‘Mir iskusstva’ [World of Art] in 1898. Besides being active as a painter, Bakst worked as an illustrator for the magazine and as a costume designer and stage decorator. Today, works by Bakst are on display in major museum collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. (cko)

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