Natalia Gontcharova (1881-1962)
Design for a book illustration
gouache, watercolour and pencil on paper
12¾ x 9½in. (32.5 x 24cm.)
There is a pencil sketch of a man and a woman on the reverse
Lot Essay
This design appears to be related to Gontcharova's illustrations for Le Conte de Tsar Saltan published by La Sirene, Paris in 1921