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Lot 240 · Russian Art and Paintings

costume design for a negress in a production of aladdin

Lev Samoilovich Bakst

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Estimate
£20,000–£30,000 hammer ≈ $41,400–$62,100
Result
Performance
Sale
Sotheby's — Russian Art and Paintings , London · 27 November 2007
Record ID
TB-2026-3709544
Record
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Lev Samoilovich Bakst, costume design for a negress in a production of aladdin. Sotheby's, 27 Nov 2007, lot 240. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3709544.

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Lev Samoilovich Bakst, costume design for a negress in a production of aladdin. Sotheby's, 27 Nov 2007, lot 240. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3709544.

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The Parade Serge Férat £10,000–£12,000
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