Natalia Sergeevna Goncharova

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 GBP

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Description

Natalia Sergeevna Goncharova
Curtain Designs for Bogatyrs and Shota Rustaveli
one inscribed in Latin and numbered MLF144 l.l.; the other numbered MLF105 on the reverse
one watercolour over pencil on paper; the other gold ink and pencil on paper
37 by 68cm, 14 1/2 by 26 3/4 in.; 22 by 61.5cm, 8 3/4 by 24 1/4 in.

Provenance

Lefebvre-Foinet Collection

Catalogue Note

Originally planned by Serge Lifar for the Paris Opéra with music by Arthur Honegger, Shota Rustaveli was based on the 12th century Georgian epic poem The Knight in the Panther's Skin composed by a treasurer and court poet under Queen Tamar of Georgia. Owing to a disagreement, Goncharova's designs were never realised and when the ballet was eventually staged in 1946 at Monte Carlo it was with designs by Prince Shervashidze.