Auction 99 Part 1 Avant-Garde Art and Russian Literature from the Rachel and Joseph Brindt Collection
"Apollon", Issue 10 – St. Petersburg, 1910 – Illustrations by Leon Bakst
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Аполло́нъ artistic-literary journal, issue no. 10. St. Petersburg: типографiя Якорь, 1910. Russian.
"Apollon" (Apollo) was an illustrated journal, published between 1909-1917. It featured literary works, critical articles, and various reviews on art, culture, music, theater, and literature. The journal served as an open platform for various artistic styles and movements, such as Symbolism, Acmeism, and Futurism, and published works by prominent writers, poets, and artists of the period, including poets of the Silver Age and Russian avant-garde. Among the contributors and writers in "Apollon" were Vladimir Mayakovsky, Anna Akhmatova, Nikolai Gumilev, Alexander Blok, Osip Mandelstam, and Boris Pasternak.
This issue is accompanied by numerous illustrations within the text and plates with reproductions of various artworks by Leon Bakst.
69, [1]; 33, [1]; 53, [3] pages + 12 plates (19 reproductions; some plates printed on both sides). 22 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and traces of dampness. Minor blemishes. Several leaves and plates detached. Inscriptions and stamps. Stains and minor blemishes to binding.
Léon Bakst (Лев Самойлович Бакст, born Лейб-Хаим Израилевич Розенберг; 1866-1924) was a Russian painter and designer of Jewish origin, best known for his work with the Russian Ballet. He studied at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts and later in Paris.
Bakst was a member of the influential "World of Art" (Мир искусства) group and gained fame for his costume and set designs for productions such as "Scheherazade" and "L'après-midi d'un faune". His work was characterized by exotic, richly colored designs that revolutionized theatrical aesthetics in the early 20th century.
Leon Bakst (1866-1924)
Leon Bakst (1866-1924)