Important Russian Art

1 December 2021

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City Scene. Set Design for the B. Izakov Play  "Pod chuzhim nebom (Diplotmaty)"

◎ 38. PIMENOV, YURI (1903–1977)

City Scene. Set Design for the B. Izakov Play "Pod chuzhim nebom (Diplotmaty)", signed, also further signed, dated 195.. and titled in Cyrillic on the reverse.

Oil on canvas, 50.5 by 70.5 cm.
48,000–55,000 GBP

Authenticity of the work has been confirmed by the expert Yu. Rybakova.

The present lot is from Pimenov's series of set designs for Boris Izakov's play Pod chuzhim nebom (Diplomaty), performed at the Central Red Army Theatre in Moscow in 1951.


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