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Lot 211
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Yuri Pavlovich Annenkov

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description

  • Yuri Pavlovich Annenkov
  • A group of eighteen costume designs for The Cherry Orchard (1959)
  • signed with initials and titled in Latin, two further signed in full
  • watercolour with gouache and ink over pencil on paper, three with fabric sample attached
  • largest: 51 by 37cm, 20 by 14 1/2 in.; smallest: 38 by 28cm, 15 by 11in.

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, lot 158

Condition

There is a small tear on the left edge of the design representing Jascha. The sheet representing Firs has a crease in the top right hand corner. There are handling marks throughout and some minor nicks around the edges of some sheets. There are spots of foxing in places. The sheets have discoloured and there are light layers of surface dirt. Unframed.
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