3 June 2015 Russian Art Auctions
3 June 2015
§ 133. ANNENKOV, GEORGES (1889-1974)
Set Design for the Play "Le Pain des Jules", signed.
Pencil and gouache on paper, 38 by 56.5 cm.
4,000-6,000 GBP
The present lot is a set design for Agne Bastiani’s comedy Le Pain des Jules, staged in 1967 at the Théâtre des Arts Rochechouart, Paris.
Provenance: A gift from the artist to Maria Gromtseff, a theatre costumes’ designer, Paris.
Thence by descent.
Private collection, France.
The work will be included in the forthcoming Annenkov catalogue raisonné being prepared by André and Vladimir Hofmann.
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