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Bakst L.S. - Indian Woman with a Bouquet. Costume sketch for the ballet ”The Blue God.”. Year:  1922. Size:  32.5 x 25.5 cm. Technique: Paper, pochoir.   Bakst, Lev Samoilovich (1866 – 1924). Painter, graphic artist, and theater designer. He attended the Academy of Arts as an auditor until 1894, then studied in Paris under A.A. Edelfeld. He was one of the organizers and an active member of the ”World of Art” association. He participated in exhibitions from 1890 (Academy of Arts, Society of Russian Watercolorists, Union of Russian Artists, ”World of Art, ” and others). An outstanding master of theatrical costumes. For S.P. Diaghilev's troupe in Paris, he designed productions of ”Cleopatra” (1909), ”Carnival” (1910), ”Scheherazade” by N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov (1910), and ”Daphnis and Chloe” by M. Ravel (1912). From 1890 to 1917. He worked for the magazines ”World of Art”, ”Libra”, ”Apollo”, and ”Bugbear”. In 1914, he received the title of academician. After 1917, he lived and worked abroad: in Paris, Brussels, Rome, New York, and London. Exhibitions of Bakst's works were held in Paris (1906), Brussels (1910), and Rome (1911). The artist's works are in the collections of the State Tretyakov Gallery, the State Russian Museum, the A.A. Bakhrushin State Central Theatre Museum, many regional museums, and private collections in Russia and abroad.