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Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
A.B. (MONOGRAM UNKNOWN)
DONATO. Circa 1910.
29x42½ inches, 73¾x108 cm. Kiev. Condition B+: creases, abrasions, replaced losses and water staining in margins; repaired tears at edges, some into image; minor creases along vertical and horizontal folds; repaired tear through text. Framed.
Donato (Donat Vasilievich Starichkov, 1885-1964) was a clown of the "old school" in Odessa, who came from an ancient Italian family of acrobats. He was a mentor to a more well-documented clown, Leonid Engibarov. A photo from a private collection, taken around 1910, shows Donato in this same white jacket, accompanied by a rat on a leash.
