February 22, 2022 12:00 EST
European Art and Old Masters
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Leon Bakst (Russian, 1866–1924)
Floor Design for Euripides' Drama Hippolytos
Signed 'LBakst' bottom left; also variously annotated in Cyrillic throughout, pencil, ink and watercolor heightened with gouache on paper laid down to board
Sheet size (sight): 8 7/16 x 11 1/4 in. (21.4 x 28.6cm)
Executed in 1902.
Provenance
Wright Hepburn Webster Gallery, New York, New York.
Private Collection, New York.
Sold for $2,520
Estimated at $4,000 - $6,000
Signed 'LBakst' bottom left; also variously annotated in Cyrillic throughout, pencil, ink and watercolor heightened with gouache on paper laid down to board
Sheet size (sight): 8 7/16 x 11 1/4 in. (21.4 x 28.6cm)
Executed in 1902.
Provenance
Wright Hepburn Webster Gallery, New York, New York.
Private Collection, New York.
Note
Leon Bakst designed sets and costumes for Euripides' Hippolytus in 1902 at the Alexandrinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg.
