29 November 2017 Russian Art Auctions

29 November 2017

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Set Design for P. Tchaikovsky's Ballet "The Sleeping Beauty"

§ 115. DOBUZHINSKY, MSTISLAV (1875-1957)

Set Design for P. Tchaikovsky's Ballet "The Sleeping Beauty", signed and stamped with a monogram, titled and dated 1937, further variously inscribed on the reverse.

Pencil, watercolour and gouache, heightened with silver, on paper, 28 by 43 cm.
4,000-6,000 GBP


Provenance: Collection of Rostislav Dobuzhinsky, the artist’s son.
Important private collection, Europe.


Notes on symbols:
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Ω Indicates 20% Import Duty Charge applies.
§ Indicates Artist's Resale Right applies.
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