Mstislav Valerianovich Dobuzhinsky

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 GBP

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Description

Mstislav Valerianovich Dobuzhinsky
Three Costume Designs for Dormitory
signed variously in Latin, two dated 1945 and one titled in Latin t.r.
watercolour over pencil on paper, one heightened with gouache
largest: 37 by 27.5cm, 14 1/4 by 10 3/4 in.

Provenance

Sotheby's London, The Russian Sale, 7 October 1998, lot 145

Catalogue Note

With music by Johann Strauss and choreography by David Lichine, Dormitory or Le Dortoir was an intended production for the Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo in 1945, but was never performed.