Lot 139 · Important Russian Pictures
A costume design for Columbine from The Sleeping Princess
Lev Samoilovich Bakst · pencil and watercolour, heightened with gold, on paper
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- Estimate
- £20,000–£30,000 hammer ≈ $39,024–$58,536
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Important Russian Pictures, London · 29 November 2006
- Dimensions
- 11 3/8 x 8 5/8 in. (28.9 x 21.9 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5614787
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Lev Samoilovich Bakst, A costume design for Columbine from The Sleeping Princess. Christie's, 29 Nov 2006, lot 139. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5614787.
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Lev Samoilovich Bakst, A costume design for Columbine from The Sleeping Princess. Christie's, 29 Nov 2006, lot 139. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5614787.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Matchmaking | Natal'ia Sergeevna Goncharova (1881-1962) | — | upcoming |
| Trees by a lake shore | Aleksandr Al'tmann (1885-1950) | — | upcoming |
| A lady seated in a garden | Ivan Pavlovich Pokhitonov | £20,000–£30,000 | |
| By the mill | Konstantin Ivanovich Gorbatov | £12,000–£16,000 | |
| At the market | Abram Efimovich Arkhipov | £150,000–£200,000 | |
| Study for 'Russian Venus' | Boris Mikhailovich Kustodiev | £5,000–£7,000 |
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