$4,920
Natalia Sergeevna Goncharova (Russian, 1881-1962) Costume Design for Une Paysanne Russe in Les Noces , c. 1923 Signed "N. Goncharova" in pencil u.l., identified on labels from The Waddington Galleries, London, Musées de Strasbourg, and Galleria del' Levante, Milan (see below), affixed to the backing. Watercolor and graphite on paper, sight size 18 1/2 x 12 in. (47.0 x 30.5 cm), framed. Condition: Toning, acid burn. Provenance: Sotheby & Co., London, Catalogue principally of DIAGHILEV BALLET MATERIAL: Decor and Costume Designs, Portraits and Posters, Including works by Bakst, Benois, Soudeikine, Gontcharova, Picasso, Derain, Larionov, Léger, Matisse, July 18, 1968, Lot 111; Mr. Cecil Bernstein, Esq., The Waddington Galleries, London; Sotheby's London, The Russian Sale, May 26, 2004, Sale L04110, Lot 219. Literature: Henning Rischbieter and Wolfgang Storch, Bühne und bildende Kunst im XX Jahrhundert, Maler und Bildhauer arbeiten für das Theater (Hannover, Friedrich Verlag, 1968), p. 278;
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-09-20
