BAKST, LÉON. 1866-1924.

The Property of Nicole and William M. Keck II. Sold without reserve to benefit charitable institutions.
BAKST, LÉON. 1866-1924.
L'oeuvre de Léon Bakst pour la belle au Bois Dormant. Paris: de Brunoff, 1922.
Folio (392 x 292 mm). Frontispiece portrait of Bakst after Picasso, 54 mounted color plates and 2 mounted color illustrations in text, captioned tissue guards. Publisher's gilt-titled wrappers. Custom purple quarter morocco gilt clamshell box by Asprey. Stains & soiling to wrappers, joints starting at both ends, text block separating in places.

LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED BY BAKST on the limitation page, number 435 of 500. The illustrations depict costume designs by Bakst for Sergei Diaghilev's ballet La Belle au Bois Dormant (Sleeping Beauty).