Two watercolor on paper sketches of antique costumes attributed to Leon Bakst, Russian, Belarussian, 1866 to 1924) Two watercolor on paper sketches of antique costumes, Signed in the Cyrillik L. Bakst lower left. Floating inside a double matt and framed. Leon Samoilovich Bakst was a Belarusian and Russian artist of Jewish origin, set designer and illustrator, who worked mainly in St. Petersburg and Paris. Member of the association Mir Iskusstva, theatrical and artistic projects of S. P. Diaghilev, one of the trendsetters of European fashion for exoticism and orientalism at the beginning of the 20th century. Collectible Russian Theater Related Artworks, Russian Fine Art For Collectors.