7 June 2017 Russian Art Auctions

7 June 2017

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Designs for a Fur-Trimmed Evening Cloak, Front and Rear Views, two works

51. GONCHAROVA, NATALIA (1881-1962)

Designs for a Fur-Trimmed Evening Cloak, Front and Rear Views, two works, each signed twice, one once with initials.

Each pencil, watercolour and gouache, heightened with gold, on paper, each measuring 53 by 38 cm.
7,000-9,000 GBP


Executed in the mid-1920s–early 1930s.

Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist’s studio by Yvette Moch.
Collection of Y. Moch, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Collection of Julian Barran Ltd, London.

Exhibited: Gontcharova and the Russian Folk Art Tradition, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, 19 October–26 November 1996.

Designs for a Fur-Trimmed Evening Cloak, Front and Rear Views, two works

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