Russian Pictures
Russian Pictures
Property from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Sold to Benefit Future Acquisitions
Sergei Yurievich Sudeikin
Scene from Petrushka
Auction Closed
November 30, 02:40 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Sold to Benefit Future Acquisitions
Sergei Yurievich Sudeikin
1882 - 1946
Scene from Petrushka
partially signed and inscribed Petrushka in Cyrillic; further signed and dated 1925 on the reverse
oil on board
Board: 31.5 by 69cm, 16½ by 27¼in.
Framed: 48.5 by 75cm, 19 by 29½in.
Acquired at the above sale by C. Michael Paul
A gift from the Josephine Bay Paul and C. Michael Paul Foundation, Inc., and the Charles Ulrick and Joseph Bay Foundation to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in 1968
Sudeikin produced the designs for a 1925 production of Petrushka at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.
C. Michael Paul (1901-1980) was born Pavel Mikhailovich Iogolevitch in Imperial Russia where, after a brief career as a violinist, he joined the Russian army. He changed his name to Capton Michael Paul when he emigrated to the United States after World War II. After accumulating a large fortune in the petroleum business, he founded the C. Michael Paul Foundation and in 1965, he endowed the C. Michael Paul Hall at the Julliard School.