$12,000
a) ALEXEI UTKIN ( RUSSIAN 1891-1965), set of 10 costume designs for the production of "Girls` Hurly-Burly", an operetta in Leningrad Theatre of Musical Comedy in 1945. Pencil, watercolor and gouache on paper. All works are signed in Cyrillic 'A. Utkin' lower right and indicate names of actors next to the characters` names. 35 x 22.3 cm (12 1/2 x 8 3/4 in.) NOTES: the plot of this merry operetta revolved around fictional Russian tsar`s desire to find the most suitable bride in XVII century Russia. The music was written by Y. Milyutin inspired by Russian folk songs. Alexei Utkin was a prominent theater and cinematic decorations designer with extensive experience in historical productions and whose works included such movies as "The Jolly Fellows" (Veselye Rebyata) and "Life of Ivan the Terrible." The set includes costumes of a miller, a wife of the jester (Nastasya), a bailiff, a puppeteer, servants, merchants and "strelcy" among others. b)RINDIN, VADIM FEDOROVITCH (RUSSIAN 1902-1974), set of 7 costume designs for the production of "Rose of the Winds", an operetta composed by Boris Mokrousov in Leningrad Theatre of Musical Comedy in 1947. Pencil, watercolor and gouache on paper. All are signed in Cyrillic 'V. Ryndin' lower right. 30 x 21 cm (11 3/4 x 8 1/4 in.) NOTES: The original play by I. Lukovsky follows the expedition of Fyodor Ushakov, 18th century naval commander and admiral, to Constantinople, where one of his officers frees daughter of the leader of Bulga Read more…
Auctioneer:
Shapiro Auctions
Date:
2013-11-16
