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L'Art Decoratif de Leon Bakst.

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L'Art Decoratif de Leon Bakst.

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Stock Code 89485

Maurice de Brunoff ,Paris, 1913

Beautiful, fresh example of this major luxury work on Bakst's art.

"Born in Russia in 1866, Léon Bakst belonged to that young generation of European artists who rebelled against 19th century stage realism, which had become pedantic and literal, without imagination or theatricality. There were no specialist trained theatre designers, so painters like Léon Bakst turned their painting skills to theatre design. Bakst's fame lay in the ballets he designed for the Diaghilev Ballets Russes, and huge pageant spectaculars for dancer and patron, Ida Rubinstein. He died in 1924 but after nearly 100 years his magic is as potent as ever, rediscovered by every generation. His influence was such that people who have never heard his name now see the world in a different way" (V&A).

Folio (41.3 x 28.5 cm). Photographic portrait frontispiece, title, [4] ll., 50 pp. and [12] ll., [1] l., 77 tipped-in plates including 50 in colour; very occasional marginal spotting. Original publisher's half vellum over marbled boards; extremities slightly rubbed.
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Shapero Rare Books is an internationally renowned dealer in antiquarian & rare books and works on paper.

Our Bookshop and Gallery can be found in the heart of Mayfair at 106 New Bond Street, where most of our stock is available to view and on public display.

We exhibit at major international art fairs, including TEFAF (Maastricht and New York), Frieze Masters, Art Miami and Masterpiece London, as well as antiquarian & rare book fairs including New York, Paris, London, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Hong Kong.

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L'Art Decoratif de Leon Bakst.

[BAKST] - ALEXANDRE, Arsene; Jean Cocteau.

Stock code: 89485

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