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Property from the Private Collection of Pat and Michael York

Natalia Sergeevna Goncharova

Costume Design for Catherine in La Petite Catherine

Lot Closed

June 8, 03:14 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Private Collection of Pat and Michael York

Natalia Sergeevna Goncharova

1881 - 1962

Costume Design for Catherine in La Petite Catherine


signed in Latin l.r. and inscribed Catherine t.l.; further bearing a Théâtre Antoine stamp on the reverse

ink, watercolour and pencil on artist's board

Board: 47 by 31cm, 18 ½ by 12 ¼ in.

Framed: 70 by 53cm, 27 ½ by 20 ¾ in.

Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, Dance, Theater and Opera, 24 November 1978, lot 82
Acquired at the above sale by the present owners
La Petite Catherine was a historical play by Alfred Savoir, which opened at the Théâtre Antoine in Paris on the 2nd October 1930. The play based on the life of the young Catherine the Great was well received and went on tour in England, Germany and Belgium.