Natalia Sergeevna Goncharova

Estimate

1,500 - 2,000 GBP

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Description

Natalia Sergeevna Goncharova
Embroidery Designs for an Evening Coat
each variously inscribed in Latin
pencil and gouache on tracing paper; pencil on tracing paper
110 by 65cm, 43 1/4 by 25 1/2 in.; 110.5 by 55.5cm, 43 1/2 by 21 3/4 in.

Provenance

Lefebvre-Foinet Collection

Literature

Exhibition catalogue Natalia Goncharova. Between East and West, Moscow: State Tretyakov Gallery, 2013, p.74 illustrated

Catalogue Note

For Myrbor, Goncharova was typically involved in the entire design process and scaled up her initial fashion designs into finished, annotated patterns for the seamstresses. These designs, studded with gold, red, green and blue creating a jewel-like effect, were destined for a magnificent white evening coat, trimmed with ermine and their execution in large format on tracing paper probably indicates that they are one such template.