BAKST, Léon (Russian, 1887-1933)

BAKST, Léon (Russian, 1887-1933)
The Designs of Léon Bakst for The Sleeping Princess. A Ballet in Five Acts after Perrault. Music by Tchaikovsky. Preface by André Levinson. London: Benn Brothers, 1923. 2° (395 x 300mm). Portrait by Picasso and 53 of 54 mounted colour plates by Bakst (plate 43 lacking). Blue cloth bound over calfskin, top edge gilt (lacking slip case)

LIMITED EDITION, number 18 of 1,000 copies. The work was printed and made in Great Britain and the colour plates were printed in France.