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TITLE:
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Set design for Scheherazade (Scheherezade bedroom)
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WORK DATE:
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1910
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CATEGORY:
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Works on Paper (Drawings, Watercolors etc.)
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MATERIALS:
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Watercolor and gold paint on paper
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MARKINGS:
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Signed and dated low left, bears stamp “G. Rasamatt depositaire Exclusif des oeuvres de Leon Bakst” on reverse
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SIZE:
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h: 63 x w: 74 cm / h: 24.8 x w: 29.1 in
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STYLE:
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Russian Avant Garde
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PROVENANCE:
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Mr. & Mrs. George Blumenthal (former Director Of Metropolitan Museum of Art)
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LITERATURE:
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Compare designs for other movements: Charles Spencer “Leon Bakst and the Ballets Russes”, Academy Editions 1995 p.80 ill 121
Irina Proujan, 'Bakst, Théâtre, Ballets, Décors, Costumes', éditions d'Art Aurora, Léningrad, 1986, plate 24
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EXHIBITION HISTORY:
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Russian Painting and Sculpture. Brooklyn Museum 1923 #19
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