MacDougall Auctions 28 November 2008
28 November 2008
160. IVANOFF, SERGE 1893-1983
Lycette Darsonval as 'Giselle', Paris Opera signed with the artist's studio stamp, inscribed "Paris" and dated 1941, also further inscribed on the stretcher on the reverse
Oil on canvas, 92 by 65.5 cm.
40,000-60,000 pounds
Provenance: Acquired directly from the family of the artist.
Exhibited: Three Centuries of the Paris Opéra Ballet, The Main Gallery, Library and Museum of the Performing Arts, Lincoln Center, New York, 14 July- 27 September 1986, N 64 (label on the stretcher).
Serge Ivanoff, Ambassade de Russie a Paris, Paris 2006
Literature: Toute La Vie Magazine No. 16, Atelier de Serge Ivanoff - Le Peintre avec les Danseurs et Danseuses étoiles de l'Opéra de Paris, 20 November 1941.
Exhibition catalogue, Three Centuries of the Paris Opéra Ballet, The Main Gallery, Library and Museum of the Performing Arts, Lincoln Center, New York, 14 July- 27 September, 1986, N 64, illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, Serge Ivanoff, Ambassade de Russie a Paris, Paris 2006, N 20, illustrated.
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