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LOT 1947

Female Dancer Painting, Attributed to Leon Bakst (1866-1924)

19TH-20TH CENTURY A.D.

18 x 15 in. (73 grams total, 45.7 x 38 cm).

An unfinished painting of a dancer in vividly coloured costume, signed in pencil to the lower left hand corner 'Bakst 1912'; stamped to the reverse ' Alber, Maurin Carrof, 87 Rue Michelet, Alger'. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Private collection of a London gentleman, acquired between 1965-2020.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

CONDITION

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LOT 1947

Female Dancer Painting, Attributed to Leon Bakst (1866-1924)

Sold for (Inc. bp): £338

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