BAKST, LÉON (1866–1924) Lot n° 43

* Costume Design for Three Women Dancing a Polonaise in Mussorgsky's Opera "Boris Godunov" , signed and titled. Pencil, watercolour and gouache, heightened with gold and silver, on paper, laid on card, 27 by 40 cm. Provenance: G. Rasamatt, Paris (stamps on the reverse). Ballet and Theatre Material, Sotheby's London, 13 March 1980, lot 46. Private collection, USA. Authenticity of the work has been confirmed by the expert O. Glebova. Exhibited: Possibly, Exhibition of Original Works by Leon Bakst, itinerant: The Buffalo Fine Arts Academy Albright Art Gallery, 4 January–1 February 1914; Cincinnati Museum, 6–28 April 1914. Literature: Possibly, Catalogue of an Exhibition of Original Works by Leon Bakst, The Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, 1914, p. 18, No. 51 or No. 53, listed under works for Boris Godounow. Possibly, Cincinnati Museum. Special Exhibition of the Works by Leon Bakst, Art Museum: Eden Park, 1914, p. 14, No. 51 or No. 53, listed under works for Boris Godounow.