Natalia Sergeevna Goncharova (Russian, 1881-1962) Costume Design for Une Paysanne Russe in Les Noces

Description:

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; Les ballets russes de Serge de Diaghilev, 1909-1929 (Strasbourg: Ville de Strasbourg, 1969),p. 199.

Exhibitions: Musées de Strasbourg,Les ballets russes de Serge de Diaghilev: 1909-1929, May 15 to September 15, 1969, no. 382.

N.B. This present work was made for the ballet Les Noces with music by Igor Stravinsky, choreography by Bronislava Nijinska and Goncharova, and produced by Sergei Diaghilev at the Théâtre de la Gaîté-Lyrique, Paris on 13 July 1923.

Estimate $3,000-5,000

Toning; not examined out of frame due to the delicate nature of one label affixed to both backing and frame; no additional condition issues to report.


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