MacDougall's Russian Art Auctions 1-2 Dec 2010
1 December 2010
1. BILIBINE, IVAN (1876-1942)
Set Design for the Opera "The Tsar's Bride" by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, First Act signed twice with initials and dated 1930, further inscribed on the reverse
Pencil, black ink and gouache on cardboard, 39 by 52 cm (cardboard size); 22.5 by 42 cm (image size)
18,000-25,000 GBP
Literature: Les artistes russes hors frontière, Paris, Musée du Montparnasse, 2010, p. 94, illustrated.
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