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Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description

  • Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin
  • Costume design for Boyar Ivan Sergeevich Lykov in The Tsar's Bride
  • signed in Latin, initialled in Cyrillic and dated 1930 l.r.; further inscribed in Cyrillic t.r.
  • watercolour over pencil on paper laid on card
  • 33.2 by 22.5cm, 13 by 9 3/4 in.

Provenance

Christie's New York, Important Silver, Objects of Vertu and Russian Works of Art, 24 October 2002, lot 20

Condition

The sheet appears sound. The paper has discoloured. There are a few spots of foxing to the lower right corner and below tsarevich's right arm, with further light spots in places elsewhere. There is media staining to the ochre pigment on the coat. Held in a gold painted frame under glass. Unexamined out of glass.
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