Leon Bakst

[Russian Art Deco Designer and Illustrator, 1866-1924]

• Also known as:	Lev Bakst
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Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
17 works by Leon Bakst

Metropolitan Museum of Art Timetable of Art History, New York City

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Watercolor collection online

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Drawings collection online

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Drawings/watercolor collection online

National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Costume for a brigand, 1912

National Gallery of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia
Costume sketch for Euripides

Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia (mostly in Russian)

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Peter Nahum At The Leicester Galleries, London, UK
Archive of past displayed works which are "sold" or "not for sale"

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Ciudad de la Pintura (in Spanish)

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Leon Bakst: Nijinsky in 'Afternoon of a Faun'

Nijinsky in 'Afternoon of a Faun'

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Bakst: The Art of Theater and Dance

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