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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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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|---|---|---|---|
| A villa beside a pond | Ivan Pavlovich Pokhitonov | £15,000–£17,000 | |
| By the window | Ivan Pavlovich Pokhitonov | £10,000–£15,000 | |
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| Bakhchisarai | Sergei Ivanovich Lobanov | £25,000–£35,000 | |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lev Samoilovich Bakst | a costume design for acteon, from the ballet artemis troublé | $71,511 | Sotheby's, Dec 2004 | |
| Lev Samoilovich Bakst | 'Huntress' | Bonhams, Nov 2013 | ||
| Lev Samoilovich Bakst | costume design for ida rubinstein - 'istar' | Sotheby's, Nov 2003 | ||
| Lev Samoilovich Bakst | set design for act ii of la pisanelle | Sotheby's, Nov 2008 | ||
| Lev Samoilovich Bakst | costume design for a negress in a production of aladdin | Sotheby's, Nov 2007 | ||
| Lev Samoilovich Bakst | Judith with the Head of Holofernes | Christie's, Apr 2007 | ||
| Lev Samoilovich Bakst | A design for the production of Phaedre at the Théâtre Nation | Christie's, Nov 2007 | ||
| Konstantin Ivanovich Gorbatov | View of Jerusalem | Sotheby's, Jun 2018 |
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