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Lev Samoilovich Bakst
A Dancer In Costume
Estimate: 250.000 - 350.000 GBP
Price realised: 624.000 GBP
Price realised: 624.000 GBP
Description
Lev Samoilovich Bakst (1866-1924)
A dancer in costume
signed 'L. Bakst' (lower right)
oil on canvas
27½ x 22 in. (69.9 x 55.9 cm.)
Painted circa 1900s
A dancer in costume
signed 'L. Bakst' (lower right)
oil on canvas
27½ x 22 in. (69.9 x 55.9 cm.)
Painted circa 1900s
A top price for Léon Bakst
This artwork by Léon Bakst achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in November 2006. In the Important Russian Pictures auction, the work A Dancer In Costume sold for GBP 624,000.00 (€ 926,659.53) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 350,000.00. This high result makes A Dancer In Costume the most expensive artwork by Léon Bakst that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Léon Bakst
Dieses Kunstwerk von Léon Bakst erzielte im November 2006 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Important Russian Pictures wurde die Arbeit A Dancer In Costume für GBP 624.000,00 (€ 926.659,53) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 350.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht A Dancer In Costume zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Léon Bakst, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.