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Lot 61 · Russian Pictures

Set Design for the Baptism from The Sleeping Princess

Leon Bakst

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Estimate
£7,000–£9,000 hammer ≈ $10,200–$13,114
Result
Performance
Sale
Sotheby's — Russian Pictures, London · 7 June 2016
Record ID
TB-2026-4488165
Record
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Leon Bakst, Set Design for the Baptism from The Sleeping Princess. Sotheby's, 7 Jun 2016, lot 61. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4488165.

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From the same sale Russian Pictures · Jun 2016

LotArtistEstimateResult
Gondola no.6 Serge Charchoune £8,000–£12,000
Threshing Leonard £6,000–£8,000
Costume design for Scheherazade Leon Bakst £30,000–£50,000
Nude in an Exotic Interior Paul Mak £5,000–£7,000
In the Auvergne Vasily Ivanovich Shukhaev £80,000–£120,000
Spring Leonard £10,000–£15,000

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