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Lot 84 · Russian Art

Costume design for Oedipus at Colonnus : Theseus

Lev Samoilovich Bakst · pencil, watercolour and gouache, heightened with silver and gold, on paper

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Estimate
£12,000–£18,000 hammer ≈ $23,639–$35,458
Result
Performance
Sale
Christie's — Russian Art, London · 13 June 2007
Dimensions
11 x 8¼ in. (25.3 x 21 cm.)
Record ID
TB-2026-5548484
Record
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Lev Samoilovich Bakst, Costume design for Oedipus at Colonnus : Theseus. Christie's, 13 Jun 2007, lot 84. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5548484.

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