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Lot 172 · Sotheby's L03112

costume design for ida rubinstein - 'istar'

Lev Samoilovich Bakst

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Estimate
£20,000–£30,000 hammer ≈ $33,927–$50,890
Result
Performance
Sale
Sotheby's — Sotheby's L03112 · 19 November 2003
Record ID
TB-2026-3010080
Record
first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Lev Samoilovich Bakst, costume design for ida rubinstein - 'istar'. Sotheby's, 19 Nov 2003, lot 172. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3010080.

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From the same sale Sotheby's L03112 · Nov 2003

LotArtistEstimateResult
Country House Interior Alexander Nikolaevich Benois £4,000–£6,000
Young Girl in Blue Headscarf Ivan Semionovich Kulikov £2,500–£3,500
Black Girl by the Tree Boris Dmitrievich Grigoriev £4,000–£6,000
Still Life with Fish and Lemons Georges Anatolievich Pogedaieff £4,000–£6,000
View of Tiflis Paul Von Franken £50,000–£70,000
The Finish Viktor Alexandrovich Tsvetkov £12,000–£18,000

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