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Jean Pougny, 1892-1956
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8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description
- Jean Pougny
- the clown
signed in Latin l.r. and dated 1919
- gouache over charcoal on paper
- image size: 28.5 by 21.5cm., 11¼ by 8½in.
Catalogue Note
Seven avant-garde costume designs from a private collection
‘Art is a powerful means of infecting those around us with ideas’
Lunacharsky,
The quest for relevance in art at the time of the Revolution prompted some of the century’s most imaginative artistic experiments. Unconstrained by the boundaries of the canvas, young artists working in the theatre during 1920s were free to create a radically new visual language. This facinating collection of recently rediscovered designs by key figures in Russian avant garde art is testament to this unique ingenuity.