<p>Léon Bakst
1866 - 1924
COSTUME DESIGN FOR NIJINSKY AS THE SLAVE IN CLEOPATRA
signed in Latin and dated 1910 l.r.; further inscribed Cléopatre, esclave favori Nijinsky t.r.
watercolour and gouache over pencil heightened with gold on paper
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27 by 16.5cm, 10 3/4 by 6 1/2 in.
LEON BAKST
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