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Costume of a XVIII century
gentleman. Pencil, gouache
and silver paint on paper,
signed low right, 20x13 inches. |
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| Costume of a musketeer.
Pencil, gouache and silver paint
on paper, signed low right,
20x13 inches. |
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| Costume of a gentleman with a
stick. Pencil, gouache and silver
paint on paper, signed low right,
20x13 inches. |
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Costume of a romantic
gentleman. Pencil, gouache
and silver paint on paper,
signed low right, 20x13 inches. |
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| Costume of a romantic lady.
Pencil, gouache and silver paint
on paper,signed low right,
20x13 inches. |
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ITEM #POUOA2
$10,000 |
ITEM #POUOA3
$10,000 |
ITEM #POUOA4
$10,000 |
ITEM #POUOA5
$10,000 |
ITEM #POUOA6
$10,000 |
Produced c.1923 for Maison Granier. Provenance: Collection Serge Lifar (stamped by his personal seal up right – the seal is reproduced, for example, in Sotheby’s Ballet Material and Manuscripts from the Serge Lifar Collection, London 5.9.84 lot66).
Other similar costumes are reproduced in POUGNY Catalogue de l’oeuvre, v1 Russie-Berlin 1910-1923 by H. Berninger, Tubingen, 1972 ##278-281 p. 233; and in Sotheby’s Diaghilev Ballet Material, NY, 18.7.1968, lots 53, 54. Maison Granier (theatrical costumer company in Paris) have been established in 1848 and existed till 1940 producing costumes for many theatres in Paris. Many Russian émigrés artists (Annenkov, Benois, Korovine, Pougny et al) used to work for that company. |
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Portrait of George Balanchine, oil on
canvas, signed low right and dated
192(7?). Inscribed "George Balanchine"
on the back. |
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Guitar, oil on cardboard, signed in Cyrillic Iv. Puni and dated (19)15 low right. 20 x 20 inches. |
ITEM #POUOA8
$25,000 |
ITEM #POUOA9
$100,000.- |
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Two book illustrations on one piece of paper, front and back.
FRONT: Draft for book cover of Winter Night. c. 1921.
Ink on paper (328 x 220 mm). Signed in Cyrillic “I. Puni” upper left.
Back: Abstract figure. Ink on paper (220 x 160 mm).
Provenance: artist’s personal archive (stamp on the back);Ksenia Boguslavskaia; Bloomsbury New York, Sale 21.05.08 lot 190 |
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ITEM #POUOA12
$3,000.- |
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Rue brumeuse signed 'Pougny' (lower right), signed again and dated '1933/Pougny' (on the reverse), oil on canvas 16¾ x 7in. (42.5 x 17.7cm.) Published: H. Berninger, Jean Pougny 1892-1956, catalogue de l'oeuvre, vol. II, Zurich, 1992, no.367 (illustrated p.107) Provenance: The Marguliess family collection; Christies South Kensington, Nov 27 2007, lot 127. Exhibited: 1933 Peintures de Pougny, Galerie Jean Castel, Paris, Cat. No 14; 1961 Galerie Charpantier Paris Cat No 44. |
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ITEM #POUOA10
$80,000.- |
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Three book illustrations. c. 1921. Nightclub dancing.
India ink on paper (325 x 245 mm).
[With:] Two men and lamp post.
Ink on paper (205 x 205 mm).
[And:] Old woman and window.
Ink on paper (170 x 130 mm). All signed by the artist.
Provenance: artist’s personal archive (stamp on the back);Ksenia Boguslavskaia; Bloomsbury New York, Sale 21.05.08 lot 189 .
Puni was married to poet and artist Ksenya Boguslavskaya
who was a member of both Jack of Diamonds and
Mir Isskutva [World of Art] artist collectives. |
ITEM #POUOA11
$3,000.- |
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Abstract still life with sewing machine, oil on canvas, signed in Cyrillic Iv. Puni low right.
17 x 17 inches. |
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Abstract portrait, oil on canvas, signed in Cyrillic Iv. Puni low right.
15 x 14 inches. |
ITEM #POUOA8A
$10,000 |
ITEM #POUOA9A
$10,000.- |
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