Costume design for an Apostle in Liturgie
Maker and role
Artist: Natalia Gontcharova, Russian, 1881-1962
Year
1915
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Watercolor on board
Measurements
18 3/4 x 11 7/8in (47.6 x 30.2cm)
Credit line
Gift of Robert L. B. Tobin
Accession number
TL1998.191
Object type
Department
Location
Theatre production
Unrealized ballet with choreography by Léonide Massine and music by Igor Stravinsky. Rehearsed by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in 1915, but never produced.
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ ADAGP, Paris
Documentation
Modern Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture: Dance, Theatre, and Opera; 1982; lot 182
The Art of Enchantment: Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, 1909-1929; 1988; p. 71, no. 55; fig. 3
An Eye for the Stage; William J. Chiego, Jody Blake (American, b.1953); 2004; p. 45
The Art of Enchantment: Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, 1909-1929; 1988; p. 71, no. 55; fig. 3
An Eye for the Stage; William J. Chiego, Jody Blake (American, b.1953); 2004; p. 45
Signature & date
Inscribed on verso: A Monsieur Doubs avec amities et remercierment pour les belles qu'il a trove et nous a montre et pour les choses si intereressantes qu'il dit. Bons souvenirs de chez "Saint Benoit." - Paris, avr 1938
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V:\Object Documentation\Theatre Arts\TL1998.191 Gontcharova\Sotheby's 1982.pdf
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