Lot 223
  • 223

Natalia Sergeevna Goncharova

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description

  • Natalia Sergeevna Goncharova
  • Six Studies for Bogatyrs
  • each numbered MLF025-030
  • charcoal on paper
  • 32 by 24cm, 12 1/2 by 9 1/2 in.
  • Executed circa 1938

Provenance

Lefebvre-Foinet Collection

Condition

Each sheet is perforated along the right hand side with some minor losses to the perforated holes. All have slight discolouration and very minor surface dirt. MLF027 has very minor creasing in the upper right corner and MLF030 in the lower right corner. Each sheet is hinged to a floating mount along all four edges. All are held in simple wooden frames behind plexiglass. Unexamined out of frames.
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Catalogue Note

The Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo production of Bogatyrs premiered at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in October 1938. The story is based on the legends of Vladimir the Great, including the epic battles between the Bogatyrs and Tartars. It was set to music by Alexander Borodin and choreographed by Léonide Massine.