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Lady-horseman. Silhouette, ink on paper. Signed with Russian initials “CC”, with full signature und numbered 24 on the margin, signed one more time on reverse. [1918]. 7 x 9". Initial draft published in "The salon Album of Vera Sudeikin-Stravinsky". Text by J. Bowlt.
Princeton University Press, 1995, ill 118.
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At the Verandah. Silhouette, ink on paper. Signed with Russian initials “CC”, with full signature und numbered 31 on the margin. [1918]. 7 x 9". Initial draft published in "The salon Album of Vera Sudeikin-Stravinsky". Text by J. Bowlt. Princeton University Press, 1995, ill 173a. |
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Draft for a book cover (Евреинов Н.Н. Pro Scena Suo. — СПб.,”Prometei”, б/г.[1915]), watercolor on paper, signed in Cyrillic low right, [1915], 8x11 inches. In original art nouveau silver plated frame by WMF. Exhibited: “A World of Stage”, April- October2007, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Japan (illustrated in the catalog).
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Costume study for a chancelor from
The Magic Flute, 1927; brush, indian ink, watercolor and gold
paint on paper, signed and inscribedin Russian “Kanzler (2)
#31”, 35x22cm. Design was executed for the Metropolitan Opera
House production, New York. Exhibited: New York, Harkness House
for Ballet Arts, “Stage and Costume Design by Russian Painters”,
February-May 1966, No 80 (label on the back). Provenance:
Sotheby’s sale Diaghilev Ballet Material. NY, 18.7.1968, Lot 41
(illustrated in the catalog); Rosebery’s Auction, London, sale
07 Dec 2010 lot 579. Compare other costumes for the same
production: Sotheby’s sale Designs for Costumes and Decors,
Ballet, Theater and Opera, Parke-Bernet Galleries, NY 06.05.1970
lots 89-96; Sudeikin
S.Y. Text by D. Kogan. Moscow, Iskusstvo 1974 pp160-161 ill
108-111
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Three costume
designs for "Venetsianskie Bezumtsy". Gouache on
cardboard, signed in Russian lower right 19 x 12". 1915.
a) Masked
Harlequin. Inscribed in pencil to A. Klimov(?). Compare the
illustration in Venetsianskie bezumtsy.[Venetian fools].
A.Kozhebatkin, Moscow, 1915, p.13 Exhibited: “A World of
Stage”, April- October2007, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum,
Japan (illustrated in the catalog).
b)
Colombina. Mixed
media on paper. 18-1/2 x 12 inches (47.0 x 30.5 cm)
c) Jester Mixed media on
paper. 18-1/2 x 12 inches (47.0 x 30.5 cm)
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Three costume designs for "Petroushka" by Stravinsky in Metropolitan Opera 1924/25 - Captain, Jester and Pantalone. Gouache on cardboard. Signed lower left 16 x 11" each. Exhibited: “A World of Stage”, April- October2007, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Japan (illustrated in the catalog). |
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Curtain
design with Doll. Signed lower left 12 x 11". Gouache heightened
with white on board c.1924. P Exhibited: “A World of Stage”, April- October2007, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Japan (illustrated in the catalog).
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Costume design for Dickens Christmas Bells,1937. Radio City Music Hall. Gouache on paper, signed lower left 24 x 18".
Provenance: Collection of S A. Bolan, New York; Marina Henderson Gallery, London. Illustrated in "Sudeikin S.Y." Text by D. Kogan. Moscow, Iskusstvo 1974. p166, ill.116 Exhibited: “A World of Stage”, April- October2007, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Japan (illustrated in the catalog) |
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View from the Bridge. C.1920. Mixed technique/cardboard. Signed lower left 14 x 20".
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Sadko: Design for the décor. [1929/30].Gouache, watercolor and pencil on board. 20 x 39". Exhibited: “A World of Stage”, April- October2007, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Japan (illustrated in the catalog) |
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Fixing her Hair (Ruby Elzy in
“Porgy and Bess”1935), oil on board 70.8 x 56.5 CM c 1935
Provenance: Sothebys Sale:L11112 lot 0259 Inscribed Ruby on the
back.
Ruby Elzy (February
20, 1908 – June 26, 1943), was a pioneer African
American operatic soprano who
created the role of Serena in George
Gershwin's folk opera Porgy
and Bess and
performed in it more than eight hundred times. Her big aria in
the opera was My
Man's Gone Now, Serena's lament after her husband is murdered in
a crap game.
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Design for a décor for M. Mordkin ballet “The Gold Fish”, music by N. Cherepnin, 1937. Gouache, watercolor and pencil on board. 14x35”. Signed lower right, has official registration stamp “Design N3165, Production Mordkin Ballet” on reverse and signed M. Mordkin.
The accompanying packing sheet is inscribed by the artist: Present from S .Soudeikine to Michael Mordkin. Reproduced in colors at theatrical program Mordkin Ballet Season of 1937-1938. Provenance: Davidson Fine Art Gallery, Saint Petersburg, FL. Authenticity confirmed by Dr. E. Petrova, Deputy Director of Russian Museum, Petersburg, 21.02.2004. Exhibited: “A World of Stage”, April- October2007, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Japan (illustrated in the catalog).
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Design for a décor for BALIEFF N. Chauve-Souris [ Letuchaia Mysh'.] Gouache, watercolor and pencil on paper, c. 1923, signed low right. 10x18”
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Costume design for an old villager (probably for Balieff theatre), gouache and watercolor on paper, signed low left, 11x18 inches. Provenance: Bloomsbury New York, Sale 21.05.08 lot 196 |
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Costume design for a villain (probably for Balieff theatre), gouache and watercolor on paper. Inscribed “Villain” in Russian, signed and dated in pencil 1931, left, bears inscriptions with comments for dress maker 4x9 inches Bibliography: “A Time to Gather… Russian Art From Foreign Private collections”, State Russian Museum, Saint-Petersburg, Palace Editions,2008, illustrated on p.23.
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Two Ballerinas. Watercolor, gouache and pencil on two attached
sheets of paper, each signed low right 10x10 inches [1921].
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Carnival scene [Bal-Masque]. Oil/board, signed lower left c.1920. 12 x 15". Provenance: ABA Gallery (A. Bekerman). In original art nouveau Austrian walnut hand-carved frame with a maker label“ C. Buhlmayer, Wien” on the back Exhibited: “A World of Stage”, April- October2007, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Japan (illustrated in the catalog).
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Still life with porcelain figurines. O/canvas, signed with Russian initials and dated [19]15, signed one more time in Latin lower right 25 x 36". Bibliography: “A Time to Gather… Russian Art From Foreign Private collections”, State Russian Museum, Saint-Petersburg, Palace Editions,2008, illustrated on p.23.
Compare variants: Sotheby's. Icons, Russian Pictures and Works of Art, London 7.04.89, lot161; Sotheby's. The Russian Sale. London,14-15.12.1995. Lot 318; Christie’s, Important Russian Pictures, 30.11.04, London lot208 (the same figurines with the same tapestry at the background)
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Harlequin and Pierrot, double self portrait, gouache on cardboard, signed low right, 11x14 inches [c. 1927]. Exhibited: “Faces of Russia”, February 2007, West Palm Beach International Art Fair, USA (illustrated on page 28 of the catalog). ; Exhibited: “A World of Stage”, April- October2007, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Japan (illustrated in the catalog); “A Time to Gather… Russian Art From Foreign Private collections”, State Russian Museum, Saint-Petersburg, February-June 2008, Moscow - Exhibition Center "Tsaritsyno", June-July 2008, Palace Editions,2008, illustrated in the catalog p. 193 ill 133 [“The artist turned to images of Harlequin and Pierrot, classical figures of the Italian comedy who personify playfulness and theatricality, in different periods of his life. At the end of 1920s, working a lot on set designs for the Metropolitan Opera, Sudeikin was in search of pictorial and plastic solutions, consonant with tendencies in contemporary art. The images created by the artist clearly contain the idea of theatralisation of life and inclination for transformation of everyday life. The ambivalent nature of Sudeikin’s oeuvre, expressed in the play between the conditional and the concrete, reality and mystification, was further developed in the works of 1920’s.
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The decorativeness of the artistic solution reveals an emotional implication, pointing out the secret essence of these popular theatrical characters”.]In original Italian (Neapolitan) XIX century hand carved parcel guilt and painted frame with gesso flowers. This drawing constitutes an initial variant of a larger 1927 oil painting sold on Sotheby’s, London, 7-Oct-1998, lot 187, and goes along with a well established Russian artists tradition (Iacovleff, Shukhaev et al.) of imaging themselves as personages of Commedia-del-Arte"]
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Portrait of Leonide Massine in “La Legende de Joseph” , 1914
Oil on canvas Signed lower left in Latin 12 inches x 9 inches
(30.5 x 23 cm)
Provenance: Sotheby's
London,
June 1, 2006
Lot
#103 illustrated.
Leonide Fyodorovich Massine was born in Moscow in 1896 and
studied acting and dancing at the Imperial School in Moscow and
had almost decided to become an actor until Sergey Diaghilev,
seeking a replacement for Vaslav Nijinsky, invited Massine to
join his company. After studying under Italian dancer and
teacher Enrico Cecchetti, Massine made his
Paris debut in “La Legende de Joseph” in 1914 and received
favorable reviews on his dramatic dance ability and commanding
stage personality. Diaghilev supervised his artistic education,
taking him to museums and concerts and introducing him to a
variety of artists as well as the conductor Ernest Ansermet, and
the composer Igor Stravinsky, all of whom influenced Massine's
approach to dance.
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Diaghilev also encouraged his choreographic talent. Massine's
first work as a choreographer, Le Soleil de nuit, was produced
in 1915. Massine extended Michel Fokine's choreographic reforms
by enriching and clarifying narration and characterizations. His
ballets incorporated both folk dance and the demi-caractere
dance, a style that uses classical technique to perform
character dance. He added variety and complexity by including
synchronized yet individual or small-group dance patterns within
the corps de ballet. He died at the age of 82 in
Cologne,
West Germany.
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