25 - 28 November 2012 Russian Art Auctions

25 November 2012

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Gossip Supported by Death. Sketch for the Mise-en-Scène for the Ballet "Paganini"

228. SUDEIKIN, SERGEI (1882–1946)

Gossip Supported by Death. Sketch for the Mise-en-Scène for the Ballet "Paganini", signed.

Pencil, gouache and pastel on cardboard, 49 by 36 cm.
30,000–40,000 GBP


Provenance: Kamyshnikoff Gallery, New York.
Private collection, UK.

Exhibited: Art in Progress, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1944 (label on the reverse).


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