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H Beard Print Collection

bakst

1923

From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum

Early Modern

Dominant colour

H Beard Print Collection is a 1923 by bakst, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Who painted this?: bakst
When & what style?: 1923
Where can I see it?: Victoria and Albert Museum

About this work

This print comes from a set of illustrations Leon Bakst made for a book called *The Sleeping Princess*. It’s a landscape scene with hills, a forest, and a castle in the background. The print is folded down the middle and only 1,000 copies were ever made in 1923. If you like this style, check out the Theatre and Performance section on the Victoria and Albert Museum’s website.

The story of this work

Overview

The illustration, titled *Planche XXXI: 'Le Château où dort la Belle Princesse'*, is part of a set of designs by Léon Bakst for *The Sleeping Princess*, originally published by Ben Brothers in 1923. The print, folded along its center, depicts a landscape in muted purple, blue, and grey tones, featuring prominent hills and a dark forest in the foreground with a white turreted castle at its core.

Read the full account in the museum source.