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Mikhail Fedorovich Larionov
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description
- Mikhail Fedorovich Larionov
- Costume Design for the Jester in Soleil de Nuit
- signed in Latin l.r., inscribed, indistinctly numbered and dated 1915 t.l.; further bearing various labels on the backing board
- watercolour over pencil on artist's board
- 37 by 26.5cm, 14 1/2 by 10 1/2 in.
Provenance
The artist's studio
Private collection, Arizona
Bonhams London, The Russian Sale, 7 July 2010, lot 59
Private collection, Arizona
Bonhams London, The Russian Sale, 7 July 2010, lot 59
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Sauvage, Exposition des Œuvres de Gontcharova et de Larionow, 16 April - 7 May 1918, nos.177-194
Paris, Galerie Barbazanges, Exposition des Œuvres de Gontcharova et de Larionow, 11-28 June 1919, nos.237-247
Paris, Galerie La Boétie, Exposition des œuvres des artistes russes, 16 June - 10 July 1921
New York, The Kingore Gallery, The Goncharova – Larionov Exhibition, 1922, nos.97-101
Norwich, The Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Radical Russia, 14 October 2017 - 11 February 2018
Paris, Galerie Barbazanges, Exposition des Œuvres de Gontcharova et de Larionow, 11-28 June 1919, nos.237-247
Paris, Galerie La Boétie, Exposition des œuvres des artistes russes, 16 June - 10 July 1921
New York, The Kingore Gallery, The Goncharova – Larionov Exhibition, 1922, nos.97-101
Norwich, The Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Radical Russia, 14 October 2017 - 11 February 2018
Literature
W.Stevens (ed.), The Soul of Russia, London: Macmillan and Co., 1916, p.176 illustrated
Exhibition catalogue Exposition des Œuvres de Gontcharova et de Larionow, Galerie Sauvage, Paris, 1919, nos.177-194 listed
Exhibition catalogue Exposition des Œuvres de Gontcharova et de Larionow, Galerie Barbazanges, Paris, 1919, nos.237-247 listed
Exposition de l'art Russe à Paris en 1921, Paris, 1921, illustrated and titled Dessin du costume pour le 'Bouffon'
Exhibition catalogue Exposition des œuvres des artistes russes, Paris: M. de Brunoff, 1921, p.24, no.90 listed as Le jeune bouffon and incorrectly associated with the ballet Chout
Exhibition catalogue The Goncharova – Larionov Exhibition, The Kingore Gallery, New York, 1922, nos.97-101 listed
Exhibition catalogue Exposition des Œuvres de Gontcharova et de Larionow, Galerie Sauvage, Paris, 1919, nos.177-194 listed
Exhibition catalogue Exposition des Œuvres de Gontcharova et de Larionow, Galerie Barbazanges, Paris, 1919, nos.237-247 listed
Exposition de l'art Russe à Paris en 1921, Paris, 1921, illustrated and titled Dessin du costume pour le 'Bouffon'
Exhibition catalogue Exposition des œuvres des artistes russes, Paris: M. de Brunoff, 1921, p.24, no.90 listed as Le jeune bouffon and incorrectly associated with the ballet Chout
Exhibition catalogue The Goncharova – Larionov Exhibition, The Kingore Gallery, New York, 1922, nos.97-101 listed
Catalogue Note
In his costume and set designs for Soleil de Nuit Larionov reinvented Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera Snegourotchka (Snow Maiden) as a pagan celebration of the sun-god Yarilo. A choreographic debut of Léonide Massine, the ballet premiered on 29 December 1915 at the Théâtre nationale de l'Opéra for the benefit of the British Red Cross Society.