Leon Bakst Costumes

Leon Bakst book includes 105 high quality reproductions of his greatest masterpieces with title and date.

This book pays tribute to the greatest set designer of the modern era.Viewing theater as a total artwork, Léon Bakst (1866–1924) worked with artists such as Diaghilev, Nijinsky, Cocteau and Stravinsky, transforming modern ballet. Cover available in five different colors.

Costume Designs for the Russian Ballet "Le Dieu Bleu"--Femme avec Offrande & Un Fakir Art by Leon Bakst Printed London: 1913; for the Studio Fine original antique offset photo-mechanical color print. This particular type of early-20th century color printing process is now essentially extinct as method of reproducing images, rendering this 100 year old printed leaf an interesting original artifact from a past era. Printed on quality period coated stock paper which may show typical gentle signs of... [Read More]

Offset Lithograph by Leon Bakst entitled "Costume Design for a Eunuch". The Offset Lithograph is 29.75 inches in height by 18 inches in width and the image area measures 19 inches in height by 12.75 inches in width. The year of this Offset Lithograph is 1987 and it's from an unknown edition size. The "Costume Design for a Eunuch" is Unsigned with a condition rating of "C: Several Signs of use and handling, some visible marks".

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Illustrations of Leon Bakst's stage sets and costumes for the Ballet Russe accompany synopses of the plays by Cocteau for which they were designed