MSTISLAV VALERIANOVICH DOBUJINSKII (1875-1857)
MSTISLAV VALERIANOVICH DOBUJINSKII (1875-1857)

Costume Design Sketches of a Cossack and Two Cossacks Flirting with Two Girls

Details
MSTISLAV VALERIANOVICH DOBUJINSKII (1875-1857)
Costume Design Sketches of a Cossack and Two Cossacks Flirting with Two Girls
both signed with monogram (lower right)
pencil on paper
Each approximately 11½ x 8½ in. (29 x 22 cm.) (2)

Lot Essay

The production of Les Cosaques de Platov á Paris, with music by Alexsei Arkjangelski, scenario by Potemkine and costumes by Dobujinskii was performed by Balieff's Chauve Souris Theater at the Theatre de la Madeleine in 1926.

For costume designs related to these two sketches see Christie's, London, The Alexandre Sementchenkoff Collection of Russian Books, Prints and Works of Art, 22 October 1987, lot 620.

More from IMPORTANT SILVER, OBJECTS OF VERTU AND RUSSIAN WORKS OF ART

View All
View All