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THE DECORATIVE ART OF LEON BAKST. Appreciation by Arsene Alexandre. Notes on the Ballets by Jean Cocteau The Fine Art Society, London, 1913. Original half vellum-backed gilt marbled boards with the binding having suffered from damp , mainly on the back cover. 66 0f 77 plates which Include: Le Dieu Bleu 4 A Negro 5 Bayadere 6 The High Priest 7 An Attendant at the Sacrifice 9 A Pilgrim 11 Bayadere 12 Scenery L'Apres-Midi d'Une Faune 14 Nymph 15 Nymph 17 Negro Boy 18 A Jewish Dancer 19 A Syrian Dancer Cleopatre 20 Scenery 21 Jewess 22 A Jewish Dancer 23 Bacchanale Scheherezade 24 An Odalisque 25 A Young Man 26 A Eunuch 29 An Odalisque 30 Negre d'Or 31 Scenery 32 A Musician 33 Negre Argent Narcisse 34 A Bacchante 35 A Beotian 36 Two Bacchantes 37 A Youth 38 First Bacchante 39 Scenery 40 A Bachante La Peri 41 Peri 42 Iskander Projet d'un Ballet 43 Le Secret du Harem Le Martyre de St Sebastian 44 The Agony of St Sebastian 45 Heralds 46 The Agony of St Sebastian 47 Sketch of the Scenery Act III 48 Scenery Act IV Helene de Sparte 49 Helene 50 Scenery for Act III 51 First sketch,,Scenery for Act IV 52 Scenery for Act IV 53 Seecond Sketch, Scenery for Act IV L'Oiseau de Feu 54 Costume Daphnis et Chloe 56 Scenery for Act II 58 Costume Thamar 59 Scenery Carnaval 61 Scenery Les Papillons 62 Costume 63 Costume 64 Fantaisie sur le Costume Moderne La Secret de Suzanne 65 Scenery Salome 66 Salome Decorative Panel 67 Chloe Abandoned Decorative Panel 68 Elysium L'Averse 69 Illustration 70 Le Nez (by Gogol) Motif Decoratif 71 Versailles Pen Drawing 72 Le Nouveau Chemin An Indian Dancer 73 Terror Antiquus 74 Terror Antiquus Detail 75 76 Vestibule at the Exhibition of Russian Art at the Autumn Salon, 1906. Some of the above are loose. Condition: Postage: 19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.