Natalia Sergeevna Goncharova

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 GBP

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Description

Natalia Sergeevna Goncharova
Two Studies for Shota Rustaveli and Set Design with St George
two numbered MLF233-234 l.l.
charcoal on paper
largest: 54 by 75cm, 21 1/4 by 28 1/2 in.; smallest (sheet size): 79 by 37.5cm, 31 by 14 3/4 in.

Provenance

Lefebvre-Foinet Collection

Catalogue Note

Originally planned by Serge Lifar for the Paris Opéra with music by Arthur Honegger, the ballet was based on the 12th century Georgian epic poem The Knight in the Panther's Skin by Shota Rustaveli, 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.