20 June 2024
L'Art décoratif théâtral moderne. Paris: Edition La Cible, 1919.
Inscribed with a dedication by M. Larionov to Mr John Carr Doughty on the half-title.
1,000-1,500 GBP
Folio 33.5 by 26.5 cm, number 319 of an edition of 515 copies, tipped-in illustrations, three loose prints (two mounted on card and one on half-title), eight tipped-in colour illustrations within text, printed illustration on upper cover. Incomplete portfolio with missing lithographs and pochoir plates.
Provenance: Collection of John Carr Doughty (presentation inscription from Larionov dated 12 July 1946 on the half-title).
Acquired from the above by a previous owner.
Private collection, UK.
This portfolio was published for Mikhail Larionov and Natalia Goncharova's exhibition of theatrical work organised at the Galerie Barbazanges, Paris, in 1919. Valentin Parnack's essay discusses Larionov's theories about dance and theatre.
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