$6,600
Pavel Tchelitchew (Russian/American, 1898-1957) Costume Design for The Prince in Violin Concerto , 1942 Inscribed "III partie Mozart le Prince" u. c., numbered "12" l.r., identified on a label from Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, on the frame backing. Gouache and pencil on paper, 14 x 7 1/2 in. (35.6 x 19.1 cm), in a double-sided frame. Condition: Not examined out of frame, a separate sheet of sketches with notes on costume materials is included at the back of the double-sided frame. Literature: Pavel Tchelitchew: Nature Transformed , Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, April 3-May 29, 1993, exhibition catalog, ill. p. 28. Provenance: Acquired by the present owner on May 11, 1993 from Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, from the exhibition Pavel Tchelitchew: Nature Transformed. N.B. Set to Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 5 (K. 219), the ballet Violin Concerto was choreographed by George Balanchine in 1942 for the Ballet of the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires. According to Donald Windham in his 1942 monograph, Tchelitchew , published in Dance Index, Vol. III, nos. 1, 2, January to February 1944, Concerto was one of two ballets (the other being Apollon Musagete ) for which Tchelitchew created the decor before he 'retired from the theater' and began a new direction in painting. We wish to thank Erik LaPrade for his kind assistance with cataloging the lot.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-09-20
