BAKST, LÉON (1866-1924) Bathers on the Lido. Venice . Oil on canvas, 93 by 143 cm. Provenance: Estate of the artist. Thence by descent. Property of Madame Mila Barsacq, an heir of Léon Bakst. Anonymous sale; Ballet and Theatre Material, Sotheby’s London, 5 June 1975, lot 39. Private collection, UK. Exhibited: VII Exhibition of the Union of Russian Artists, St Petersburg, 1910, No. 39, 40, 41 or 42. Exhibition of Drawings by Leon Bakst, The Fine Art Society, London, 1912, No. 40. Exposition des Oeuvres de Leon Bakst, Hôtel de Jean Charpentier, Paris, 5–15 November 1925, No. 4, 5, 6 or 7. Leon Bakst Memorial Exhibition, The Fine Art Society, London, May 1927, No. 80 or 81. Bakst. An Exhibition at the Fine Art Society, The Fine Art Society, London, December 1973–January 1974, No. 111 (label on the frame). Bakst. Centenary Exhibition, 1876–1976, The Fine Art Society, Edinburgh–London, August–October 1976, No. 92. Possibly, The Diaghilev Ballet in England, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, University of East Anglia, Norwich, October–November 1979 and The Fine Art Society, London, December 1979–January 1980, No. 42. Literature: Exhibition catalogue, VII Exhibition of the Union of Russian Artists, St Petersburg, 1910, p. 6, No. 39, 40, 41 or 42, listed. Exhibition catalogue, Exhibition of Drawings by Leon Bakst, London, The Fine Art Society, 1912, p. 12, No. 40, listed. Exhibition catalogue, Exposition des Oeuvres de Leon Bakst, Paris, E. Fuzat, 1925, p. 3, No. 4, 5, 6 or 7, listed. Exhibition catalogue, Leon Bakst Memorial Exhibition, London, The Fine Art Society, 1927, p. 14, No. 80 or 81, listed. Exhibition catalogue, Bakst. An Exhibition at the Fine Art Society, London, The Fine Art Society, 1973, p. 108, No. 111, listed. I. Pruzhan, Lev Bakst, Moscow, Iskusstvo, 1975, p. 215, listed under works from 1909. Exhibition catalogue, Bakst. Centenary Exhibition, 1876–1976, London, The Fine Art Society, 1976, p. 45, No. 92, listed. Possibly, exhibition catalogue, The Diaghilev Ballet in England, Norwich, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, 1979, p. 20, No. 42, listed as Nijinsky at the Lido.