Oedipus at Colonus by Bakst 05, 1904

Л. С. Бакст. Эскиз костюма к спектаклю *эдип в колоне*. 1904 costume design for theseus in "oedipus at colonus", signed and inscribed in cyrillic "edip v kolone/tezei". Pencil, watercolour and gouache, heightened with silver and gold, on paper, 28. 5 by 21 cm. Sophocles’s play oedipus at colonus, for which bakst created the present costume design, premiered at the alexandrinsky theatre in st petersburg on 8 january 1904. Provenance: collection of grosvenor gallery, london. Anonymous sale; russian art, christie’s, 13 june 2007, lot 84. Private collection, uk. Exhibited: bakst and the ballets russes, the fine art society, london, 13 november–15 december 1995, no. 9 (label on the reverse). Date: 1904.