Leon Bakst designs for Sleeping Princess, 1/1000
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Heading: (Bakst, Léon)
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Title: The Designs of Léon Bakst for the Sleeping Princess. A Ballet in Five Acts after Perrault. Music by Tchaikovsky.
Place Published: London
Publisher:Benn Brothers Limited
Date Published: 1923
Description:
Author:
Title: The Designs of Léon Bakst for the Sleeping Princess. A Ballet in Five Acts after Perrault. Music by Tchaikovsky.
Place Published: London
Publisher:Benn Brothers Limited
Date Published: 1923
Description:
[4], 18, [2] pp. Preface by André Levinson. Full-page lithograph of Bakst by Pablo Picasso; 54 mounted color plates with printed tissue guards; 2 smaller mounted color plates (on the title page and the page with the list of illustrations). (Folio) 38.7x29 cm. (15 ¼x11 ¼"), original vellum-backed blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. No. 359 of 1000 copies, of which 500 were reserved for the United States.
Striking series of costume designs, with the notable addition of the lithograph by Picasso.
Condition
Light wear and soiling to vellum and cloth, corners worn; a bit of browning to page edges; plates bright; very good.
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Leon Bakst designs for Sleeping Princess, 1/1000
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