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Judith with the Head of Holofernes
Details
Lev Samoilovich Bakst (1866-1924)
Judith with the Head of Holofernes
signed and dated 'Bakst 1923' (lower left); inscribed 'Coller entierement' (upper left) and 'Passeparbout blanc' (upper right)
pencil, gouache and watercolor on paper
24¾ x 18¾ in. (62.9 x 47.6 cm.)
Drawn in 1923
Judith with the Head of Holofernes
signed and dated 'Bakst 1923' (lower left); inscribed 'Coller entierement' (upper left) and 'Passeparbout blanc' (upper right)
pencil, gouache and watercolor on paper
24¾ x 18¾ in. (62.9 x 47.6 cm.)
Drawn in 1923
Provenance
Acquired from Mrs. Alma de Bretteville Spreckels, San Francisco, circa 1962.
Further details
For a similar costume design, please see Leon Bakst, Costume design for Judith in the dramatic comedy Judith, 1922, Theater and Dance Collection, gift of Mrs. Adolph B. Spreckels, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco.