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Lot 209
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Yuri Pavlovich Annenkov

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • Yuri Pavlovich Annenkov
  • A group of twenty-two costume designs for Le Grand Jeu (1954) and Cavalcade d’Amour (1940)
  • all variously signed in Latin and further inscribed in Latin on the reverse 
  • watercolour with gouache and ink over pencil on paper, one with fabric sample attached
  • largest: 57 by 38cm, 22 1/2 by 15in; smallest: 38 by 23cm, 15 by 9in.

Provenance

The Estate of the Artist
Sotheby's Paris, Mobilier, Objets d'art, Tableaux et dessins: Projets de Costumes, pour le Cinéma par Yuri Annenkov, 18-19 November 2002, lots 138-139

Condition

Le Grand Jeu (20): There are light creases, handling marks and spots of dirt in places. There are pinholes to some corners, one sheet has further pinholes down the left hand side. Cavalcade d'amour (2): The sheets are sound. They have discoloured and there are spots of foxing around the edges. There are handling marks and spots of dirt in places. One sheet has been rubbed in the lower right quadrant. Unframed.
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Catalogue Note

The present lot comprises costume designs for Gina Lollobrigida, Arletty, Odette Laure and Simone Simon