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395 - Color designs by Bakst, Barbier and Montenegro in various Am…
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Estimate €250 - €350
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Color designs by Bakst, Barbier and Montenegro in various American newspapers. Folio: 20 pp. (uniform browning, sm. tears on the edges with minor text loss, bigger tears across 2 pp., marginal restoration to the illustrated pl.). - A collection of press clippings including 7 well-preserved plates devoted to the Ballets Russes. Most are sourced from the Magazine sections of American newspapers: Heart's Sunday American (March 8, 1914; January 10, 1915), San Francisco Examiner (January 17, 1915; August 6, 1916), Los Angeles Examiner (Dec. 26, 1915; January 23, 1916) and New Haven Sunday Union (Oct. 1, 1916). Color designs by Léon Bakst, George Barbier and Robert Montenegro, depicting famous dancers (Karsavina, Fokine, Nijinsky, etc.) in ballet costumes.
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About the sale Prints & Drawings, Photographs & Comics, Rare Books, Atlases & Manuscripts, Surrealism, Congo, Erotica & Ballets russes
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Auction time 06/24/2026 at 1:00 PM
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