I-Lev Bakst ingesinye sezishayamthetho ezigqame kakhulu zesitayela se-Art Nouveau. Umdwebi wencwadi, umdwebi wezithombe, umhlobisi, iciko letiyetha, umklami wengqephu - njengabangane bomphakathi Womhlaba Wezobuciko, ushiye ifa elihluke kakhulu.
Ngo-1909, u-Bakst wamukela isimemo esivela ku-Sergei Diaghilev sokuba umklami ebhizinisini lakhe le-Russian Ballets. Eminyakeni emihlanu, waklama imidlalo engu-12, kanye nemikhiqizo ka-Ida Rubinstein no-Anna Pavlova, eyayidume kakhulu eYurophu. «UNarcissus», «Scheherazade», «Cleopatra» - umbhali wemidlalo yaseshashalazini odumile ongumFulentshi kanye nembongi uJean Cocteau wabhala indaba mayelana nalawa ma-ballets namanye adalwe ngokubamba iqhaza kuka-Bakst. Izindatshana eziyi-10 zikaCocteau zihunyushelwe olimini lwesiRashiya okokuqala ngqa ikakhulukazi kule ncwadi, eshicilelwe iminyaka engu-150 ka-Bakst. I-albhamu ikhombisa zonke izindawo zomsebenzi weciko.
Izwi, 200 p.