Description00016 00011final.JPG	English: Leon Bakst original water colour from 1909
Date	1909
Source	Provenance: Neal A. Prince Trust u/a/d 10.18.1999, 2000-___; The Neal A. Prince Estate, 1965-1999; The Neal A. Prince and Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. Estate, 1954-1964; A LA Vielle Russie Gallery, 781 Fifth Avenue, NYC 10022, 1954, Detroit Museum of Art, Exhibition of Original Works by Leon Bakst, May 4-June 1, 1914, Detroit, Michigan, United States; Plat of said artwork published in the "THE DECORATIVE ART OF LEON BAKST, Appreciation by Arsene Alexandre, Notes of the Ballet by Jean Cocteau, c. 1913
Author	Léon Bakst  (1866–1924)      Alternative names Russian: Лео́н Никола́евич Бакст Birth name: Lev Schmule Rozenberg Description Russian painter, designer, costume designer, scenographer, drawer and graphic artist Date of birth/death 27 January 1866 (in Julian calendar)  27 December 1924  Location of birth/death Hrodna Rueil-Malmaison Work location Paris, Saint Petersburg Authority file : Q214666 VIAF: 56729112 ISNI: 000000010904258X ULAN: 500009524 LCCN: n50047798 NLA: 35012540 WorldCat creator QS:P170,Q214666 David Scott Baez

WATER COLOR; Water Color on beige paper; probably designed for theatre curtain; shepherd and shepherdess with flock, by Leon Bakst, signed; from "The Parting of Daphnis and Chloe (Act III), Daphnis & Chloe (Ecole Natrionale des Arts Decoratifis, Paris), Published: THE DECORATIVE ART OF LEON BAKST, by Arsene Alexandre, c. 1913, reprint c. 1971, Benjamin Blom Publishers, New York, New York; plate 57. dimensions. (31-1/2” x 51”)

Artist: BAKST, Leon (1866-1924) Title: Parting of Daphnis and Chloe (Act III) Date: 1909 Medium: Water Color on beige paper Original Purchase Price: (undisclosed) Dimensions of Item: 31-1/2" x 51" NOTES: Provenance is fully noted within Hebert Waide Hemphill, Jr. (a/k/a Burt) insurance policy executed by Neal A. Prince in 1964 and is filed with the Smithsonian Institute American Archives.

SUMMARY OF ARTIST: Leon Bakst was born in St. Petersburg. Bakst is a sensational stage and costume designer for Sergei Diaghilev's "Ballets Russes" of the Leon Bakst was one of the most sensational designers of the century – grandiose, sensual, overwhelming, and a crucial influence on Art Deco as well as the Diaghilev ballet. His designs are a mingling of very elegant and refined styles, themes and techniques. Influenced by Greek vase painters and miniaturists the use of vivid color is what Bakst is best remembered for in his designs. He died in Paris in 1924.

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