Jan 23, 2014 - Sale 2337

Sale 2337 - Lot 187

Price Realized: $ 5,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
JEAN POUGNY (IVAN PUNI).
Costume design. Watercolor and wash on paper. 525x365 mm; 20 3/4x14 1/2 inches (sheet). Scattered moderate foxing, image largely unaffected, number indication upper right. Signed and dated, lower right. Paris, 1923.

Additional Details

Ivan Puni was a member of Kazmir Malevich's Supremas group who later emigrated to France and adopted the name Jean Pougny. Ornate costume design for an unidentified theatrical production, executed in the year Puni/Pougny permanently relocated to Paris.