巴克斯特
1927
Imagine a strongman from a Russian folk tale carrying not just a giant pink sack, but also a wide-eyed, doll-like woman in a matching pink dress! This dynamic sketch features a figure in white peasant clothes trudging forward, his face hidden in shadow, while the artist's name 'BAKST' is scrawled in huge, playful letters across the bottom. It captures the exotic and energetic spirit of the Ballets Russes, the famous dance company where Léon Bakst was a superstar designer. Though he was born Lev Rosenberg, he took his grandmother's surname and became a legend of the Art Nouveau movement, famous for making stage sets that looked like explosions of color and fantasy.