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Costume Design for a Peasant Girl in "Giselle" and Design for "Happy Easter"

88. BERMAN, EUGENE (1899-1972)

Costume Design for a Peasant Girl in "Giselle" and Design for "Happy Easter", two works, one signed with initials, inscribed and dated 1946, the other signed with initials, inscribed and dated 1942.

One ink, watercolour and gouache on paper and the other ink and watercolour on paper, one measuring 34 by 26.5 cm in light and the other 24 by 19 cm in light.
600-900 GBP

Provenance: Russian Classic and Contemporary Art, MacDougall's London, 7 June 2010, lot 643.
Acquired at the above auction by the previous owner.
Thence by descent.
Private collection, UK.

Costume Design for a Peasant Girl in "Giselle" and Design for "Happy Easter"

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