Lot 255
  • 255

Anatoly Galaktionovich Petritsky

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 GBP
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Description

  • Anatoly Galaktionovich Petritsky
  • Costume design for a Polovetz in a production of Prince Igor
  • mixed media on paper laid on card
  • 63.5 by 44cm., 25¼ by 17¼in.

Provenance

Sotheby's London, 23 May 1990, lot 367

Condition

The sheet has discoloured and the upper edge is missing. The surface is slightly dirty and there is evidence of media staining throughout, visible in the catalogue image. There are small patches of loss to the foil on the costume and sword. There is a tear to the upper and lower edge and creases throughout. Held in a gold painted plaster frame. Unexamined out of frame.
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