Interesting Bakst.

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11 iyuny with . auction , the Roseberys sold here such Lot L. Bakst for £ 440,000 plus commission .

Thing is big - 93x143 and x /m, but there is no signature or date and therefore the team Roseberys had to carry out extensive research to verify its authenticity.

Experts even make out the picture " Bathers at the Lido " figure of Vaslav Nijinsky (" in the black swimming trunks ") and Sergei Diaghilev (" the dark haired central figure "), who rested with Bakst on the Lido in Venice in the summer seasons of 1910-1912 .

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For the record:
at this time the most expensive painting is the work of L. Bakst " Portrait future Countess Henri de Buazhelen " 1924 ( h /m , 130x89) sold at Sothebys, e 07.06.2010 (Lot 16) for 758,050 GBP ( 1,096,823 USD, 920,385 EUR).
F. Number 2 .