1. Costume design for Dickens Christmas Bells,1937. Radio City Music Hall.
Gouache on paper, signed lower left 24 x 18". Provenance: Sotheby Ballet, Theater, and Opera,
Decor and Costume Designs, Portraits and Posters, 31.06.1971, London, lot 32; Collection of
S .A. Bolan, New York; Marina Henderson Gallery, London. Illustrated in "Sudeikin S.Y." Text by
D. Kogan. Moscow, Iskusstvo 1974. p166, ill.116 Exhibited: “A World of Stage”, April- October2007, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Japan (illustrated in the catalog).
2. Costume study for a chancellor from The Magic Flute, 1927; brush, indian ink, watercolor and gold paint on paper, signed and inscribedin Russian “Kanzler (2) #31”, 35x22cm. Design was executed for the Metropolitan Opera House production, New York. Exhibited: New York, Harkness House for Ballet Arts, “Stage and Costume Design by Russian Painters”, February-May 1966, No 80 (label on the back). Provenance: Sotheby’s sale Diaghilev Ballet Material. NY, 18.7.1968, Lot 41 (illustrated in the catalog);Sotheby’s sale Ballet and Theatre Material. London, 5.06.75 lot12; Nikita Lobanov-Rostovskij; Rosebery’s Auction, London, sale 07 Dec 2010 lot 579. Compare other costumes for the same production: Sotheby’s sale Designs for Costumes and Decors, Ballet, Theater and Opera, Parke-Bernet Galleries, NY 06.05.1970 lots 89-96; Sudeikin S.Y. Text by D. Kogan. Moscow, Iskusstvo 1974 pp160-161 ill 108-
3. Costume design for a villain, gouache and watercolor on paper. Inscribed “Villain” in Russian (“Разбойник”) signed and dated in pencil 1931, left, bears inscriptions with comments in Russian for dress maker(“2 cтатистa, В. Бартоли(?) то же самое, иной раскраски”); 4x9 inches Bibliography: “A Time to Gather… Russian Art From Foreign Private collections”, State Russian Museum, Saint-Petersburg, Palace Editions,2008, illustrated on p.23.
4. Costume design for an old villager (probably for Balieff theatre), gouache and watercolor on paper, signed low left, 11x18 inches. Provenance: Bloomsbury New York, Sale 21.05.08 lot 196
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