Léon Bakst
Russian · 1866–1924
Léon (Lev) Samoylovich Bakst, born Leyb-Khaim Izrailevich Rosenberg, was a Russian painter and scene and costume designer of Jewish origin. He was a member of the Sergei… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
Costume Design for the La Legende de JosephBonhams · $3,840≈ £2,929≈ €3,326Sign up to see
- Costume Designs for SalomeBrunk Auctions · $3,500≈ £2,738≈ €3,219Sign up to see
Costume design, possibly for the revue 'AladinSworders · £2,400≈ $3,178≈ €2,764Sign up to see
Léon Bakst’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).
Price trend
2 lot(s) catalogued with a qualifier (e.g. “attributed to”, “after”, “circle of”) are listed in the results but excluded from these statistics.
3 lot(s) offered at auction whose result the house did not publish are listed under “Also offered” on the results tab and excluded from these statistics.
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
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| Paintings | 2 | 0 | 0% | —Sign up | —Sign up | — |
| Oil | 2 | 0 | 0% | —Sign up | —Sign up | — |
| Works on paper | 8 | 7 | 88% | $2.7kSign up | $2.6kSign up | $3.8kSign up |
| Watercolor | 6 | 6 | 100% | $2.6kSign up | $2.6kSign up | $3.8kSign up |
| Gouache | 1 | 0 | 0% | —Sign up | —Sign up | — |
| Drawing | 1 | 1 | 100% | $3.2kSign up | $3.2kSign up | $3.2kSign up |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.