ÉCOLE DE PARIS AND OTHER MASTERS
25 March 2023
* 103. CHALIAPIN, BORIS (1904-1979)
Six Costume Designs for the Film "Michel Strogoff", each signed, three inscribed and titled in Cyrillic, also further one signed and inscribed on the reverse.
Each pencil and watercolour, three heightened with white, two on paper and the others on cardboard, two measuring 29.5 by 25 cm and the others 38 by 25.5 cm.
800-1,200 GBP
Provenance: Collection of the film director Joseph Ermolieff.
Thence by descent.
Private collection, USA.
Private collection, UK.
The costume designs, included in the present lot, were commissioned to the artist by the director Joseph Ermolieff for his 1936 film Michel Strogoff, based on the novel by Jules Verne.
Notes on symbols:
* Indicates 5% Import Duty Charge applies.
◎ Indicates lot is located in Monaco and successful bidders would have to make arrangements to collect or ship their lots from Monaco after the payment. An import duty of 5% applies if the artwork is shipped to the UK.
Ω Indicates 20% Import Duty Charge applies.
§ Indicates Artist's Resale Right applies.
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