Costume project for the character of Amneris for the opera Aïda, performed in 1920.
Gouache on paper unsigned but dated XI (19)20, preserved in a modern frame with gilded moldings and blackened wood.
Good condition, small accidents to the frame.
At sight: H.: 28 cm - L.: 17 cm.
Frame: H.: 58 cm - L.: 5 cm.
Reference: see a version of the same character signed by the artist in the book “The artists of the Russian theater (1880-1930)”, published in Moscow by Editions des Œuvres d'Art, 1991, under number 117. See also the same work in the work devoted to the collection of Prince Nikita Lobanov-Rostrovsky, exhibited in 1982 at the Mississippi Museum of Art, written by John E. Bowlt under the title: "Russian Stage Design - Scenic Innovation (1900 -1930)”, page 122.
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