22nd Nov, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Fashion, Costume and Textiles
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After Bakst, Costume Design Sketch for the Kings Guard, Sleeping Beauty, signed Bakst 1921, worked on paper the figure wearing a decorative brown two piece with blue waistband, matching feathered hat, white gloves and ribbon decorated shoes, worked in mixed medium, signed and dated in pencil, bearing two Cyrillic purple stamps to the front, 29cm by 35cm
The design was created by Bakst in the later part of his career, while seriously ill, and was the last of his collaborations with Serge Diaghilev, his longtime partner in the Ballets Russes.
Sleeping Beauty, directed by the famous choreographer Petipa and the director of the Imperial Ballet, Vsevolojsky, was the finest classical ballet in the Ballets Russes repertoire, and premiered with Bakst's grandiose stage and costume designs, using his signature mix of bold colors and orientalist inspirations.
Sold for £250
Estimated at £250 - £350
Auction: Fashion, Costume and Textiles, 22nd Nov, 2024
An exciting sale comprising some wonderful consignments from around the UK, including:
Lots 2035-2054: from the Collection of Peta Smyth, who recently closed the doors of her Pimlico, London shop from which she had been trading for over 40 years, selling early tapestries, silks and passementerie etc.
Lots 2081-2088: from the Shawl Collection of Helen Hoyte MBE, an expert on the Norwich shawl making industry and responsible for co-founding the Costume & Textile Association with Pamela Clabburn.
Lots 2193-2200: a Private Collection of Samplers.
Lots 2202-2275: from the Late Robert Bogdan, Barra Castle, Aberdeen, a fascinating gentleman who inherited a wealth of textiles and costume from earlier generations.
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Tuesday 19th November - Wednesday 20th November 10am-4pm, Thursday 21st November 10am-5pm and morning of sale from 7.30am
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