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BAKST (LEON)
ALEXANDRE (ARSÈNE) AND JEAN COCTEAU. The Decorative Art of Léon Bakst

5 June 2019, 15:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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BAKST (LEON)

ALEXANDRE (ARSÈNE) AND JEAN COCTEAU. The Decorative Art of Léon Bakst
portrait frontispiece and 77 tipped-in plates (50 colour), publisher's half vellum gilt over marbled boards, t.e.g., soiled, short split to upper edge of spine, folio (400 X 270mm.), Fine Art Society, 1913

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Bretforton Theatre Room

"With the greatest economy of means he [Bakst] obtains the greatest sum of effect, and thus he realises an "orchestration" of colour in unison with the true colour of music..." (Preface). The colour plates depict Bakst's iconic costume designs (several made for Nijinsky) and several stage sets. Cocteau provided the notes on the ballets the designs were created for.

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