29 November 2017 Russian Art Auctions

29 November 2017

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Sevastopol, Set Design for the Boris Lavrenev Play "Pesn o chernomortsakh"

123. PIMENOV, YURI (1903-1977)

Sevastopol, Set Design for the Boris Lavrenev Play "Pesn o chernomortsakh"

Oil, tempera and gouache on paper, laid on board, 24.5 by 40 cm.
5,000-7,000 GBP


The present lot is from Pimenov’s series of set and costume designs for Lavrenev’s play Pesn o chernomortsakh (Song of the Black Sea Sailors), staged in 1952 at the Soviet Army Theatre, Moscow.

Authenticity of the work has been confirmed by T. Pimenova, the artist’s daughter.


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