Jan 22, 2015 - Sale 2372

Sale 2372 - Lot 106

Price Realized: $ 6,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
NATHALIE GONCHAROVA.
Costume study for "La Veillée." Gouache and ink on tissue. 290x187 mm; 11 1/2x7 3/8 inches, sight size. Signed upper left margin, stamped "Ballets Boris Kniaseff" and crayon marked Number 53, lower right corner. Mounted to thick paper which is tipped to matte. Costume study intended for a character for scene 2 at the Poletiannero. Mounted, matted, and archivally framed.

Additional Details

La Veillée was written and choreographed by Kniaseff to music by Alexander Scriabin and Nikolai Cherepnin. Goncharova designed all the sets and costumes for the production in Buenos Aires.