Mstislav Valerianovich Dobuzhinsky, 1875-1957

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Description

Mstislav Valerianovich Dobuzhinsky
two designs from the 1926 production of Platov's Cossacks in Paris
all signed with artist's cypher in Latin l.l.; both with Tamirov collection stamp on reverse
watercolour over pencil on paper with pen and ink
image size of both 39.5 by 55.5cm., 15½ by 21¾in.

Provenance

The Collection of Akim Tamiroff, USA

Catalogue Note

The production was staged by Nikolai Balieff's Letuchaya mysh' theatre company in Paris in the autumn of 1926.

General Platov, who famously lost one of his ears in battle, led a Cossack regiment in the Napoleonic campaigns and participated in the Russian occupation of Paris in 1814. The soldiers are depicted wearing white bands on their left arm as ordered by Alexander I to help allied troops distingush each other from the enemy.