Studio of Konstantin Alexeevich Korovin

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 GBP

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Description

Konstantin Alexeevich Korovin
A Group of Eleven Costume Designs
each variously inscribed in Cyrillic; three with the stamp of the Imperial Theatre, eight with the stamp of the Bolshoi Theatre Museum; further inscribed in Cyrillic on the reverse
gouache, ink and pencil on paper, some heightened with gold and silver paint
image sizes: 34 by 24cm, 13 1/4 by 9 1/2 in. (three); 32 by 21cm, 12 1/2 by 8 1/4 in. (eight)

Catalogue Note

Eight of the costume designs are for Gartman's ballet Alen'kii tsvetochek (The Little Scarlet Flower), which premiered at the Bolshoi in January 1911.