Attributed to Sergei Vasil'evich Chekhonin, 1878-1936

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Description

Sergei Vasil'evich Chekhonin
design for the opera ruslan and ludmilla for a production by Nikolai Baliev
bears signature in Cyrillic l.r.
gouache on paper
image size: 56 by 45cm., 22 by 17¾in.

Catalogue Note

A variant of the offered lot from the collection of René Guerra was exhibited in Treffpunkt Paris! Russlands Künstler zwischen Cézannismus und Lyrischer Abstraktion at the Ludwig Museum, Koblenz, 5th September - 23rd November 2003 and is illustrated in the exhibition catalogue on page 198.