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| Keywords: La Pisanella by L. Bakst 06.jpg 'La Pisanella ou La Morte Parfumee' 1913 LÉON BAKST Le Port de Famagouste Set Design for La Pisanelle ou la Mort parfumee Sold for 850 300 GBP December 2011 Auction Le Port de Famagouste Set Design for La Pisanelle ou la Mort parfumee signed Pencil watercolour and gouache on cardboard 24 by 39 cm 40 000-60 000 GBP Executed c 1913 Provenance Gilberte Cournand Galerie La Danse Paris label on the reverse Important private collection Germany Exhibited Van Abbemuseum Eindhoven Netherlands 1964 label on the reverse Literature Inedited Works of Bakst with essays by L Réau D Roche V Svietlov and A Tessier New York Brentano �s 1927 p 67 illustrated in colour Leon Bakst with an introduction by Carl Einstein Berlin Verlag Ernst Wasmuth p 38 illustrated in colour The brilliant Russian painter draughtsman and stage and costume designer Léon Bakst is one of the star cast of artists who made Russia famous far beyond her borders Entering art history specifically as an outstanding theatrical designer Bakst had made his debut as early as 1902 when he produced the sets for La coeur de la marquise Next in 1903 came the production of the ballet The Fairy Doll notable principally for the lavish sets Bakst created Yet this remarkable artist �s talent was only demonstrated in earnest from 1910 onwards as a designer for Sergei Diaghilev �s legendary Ballets Russes Bakst created the present design for the 1913 production of La Pisanelle by Gabriele d �Annunzio at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris For this play directed by Vsevolod Meyerhold Ida Rubinstein was engaged in the leading role and the choreography was by Mikhail Fokine Bakst �s design is unusually arresting depicting the arrival of ships at the ancient Cypriot port of Famagusta and is full of typically Bakstian movement The exquisite colours of this small but significant work rank it among Bakst �s undisputed watercolour masterpieces http //macdougallauction com/Indexx1211 asp id 401 lx a 1913 Bakst La Pisanella Bakst 1 Files uploaded by Shakko from various sources MacDougall's Fine Art Auctions PD-Art | ||||
