Natalia Sergeevna Goncharova

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 GBP

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Description

Natalia Sergeevna Goncharova
Nativity
numbered MLF228 l.r.
pencil and gouache on paper
sheet size: 72 by 52cm, 28 1/4 by 20 1/2 in.
Executed circa 1915

Provenance

Lefebvre-Foinet Collection

Catalogue Note

In the present lot Goncharova combines the story of the Nativity with that of the Adoration of the Magi. This scene probably relates to the unrealised ballet Liturgie which told the story of the life of Christ in a series of tableaux.