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Natalia Sergeevna Goncharova
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- Natalia Sergeevna Goncharova
- Dress Pattern for Myrbor
- numbered MLF095 l.l.
- gouache, charcoal and gold paint on paper
- 75 by 106.5cm, 29 1/2 by 42in.
- Executed circa 1924
Provenance
Lefebvre-Foinet Collection
Condition
The edges are slightly uneven. The sheet is undulating slightly. There are tears along all four edges, most notably to the bottom of the left edge and to the centre of the bottom edge; these have been repaired. There are pinholes in each corner and a pinhole at the centre of the left edge. There are spots of foxing throughout the composition. There are stains in places, most notably in the upper left. The sheet has discoloured in line with age. Held in a simple white wooden frame behind plexiglass. Unexamined out of frame.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
As an artist who worked so successfully in the decorative and applied arts, fashion design was a logical progression for Goncharova. She had first turned her hand to it in 1912 with a series of celebrated embroidery designs for the Moscow couture house of Nadezhda Lamanova and soon after established a reputation in Parisian artistic circles with her 1914 costume designs for Le Coq d’or. Goncharova had already indirectly influenced fashions with her highly stylised costume designs for the Ballets Russes when she was approached by Marie Cuttoli to design for her couture house Myrbor.
With its palette of coral and black and appliqué decoration shot through with silver and gold thread, the present lot is typical of Goncharova’s designs for Myrbor from the mid-1920s. Redolent of Byzantine mosaics, this pattern shares many similarities with the finished Myrbor dresses now in the collections of the Victoria and Albert in London and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and is undoubtedly from the same season.
With its palette of coral and black and appliqué decoration shot through with silver and gold thread, the present lot is typical of Goncharova’s designs for Myrbor from the mid-1920s. Redolent of Byzantine mosaics, this pattern shares many similarities with the finished Myrbor dresses now in the collections of the Victoria and Albert in London and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and is undoubtedly from the same season.