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Lot 670
Sergei Sudeikin (Russian, 1882-1946)
Set design for The Goldfish: Scene III
Closed26 November 2013
Price Realised
GBP 27,500
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Specialist note
This charming gouache is a set design for Mikhail Mordkin's (b. 1880)
1937 ballet The goldfish, for which Nikolai Tcherepnin (b. 1873)
wrote the music. Mordkin, former star principle of Diaghiliev's Ballets Russes and subsequent director of the Bolshoi, first
founded his company (the Mordkin Ballet) in 1926 after emigrating to
the United States. Sudeikin contributed designs for his ballet The
goldfish, which was based on Alexander Pushkin's The Tale of the
Fisherman and the Fish. This beloved fairy tale in verse about a
magical fish with the ability to grant wishes provides a warning against avarice
1937 ballet The goldfish, for which Nikolai Tcherepnin (b. 1873)
wrote the music. Mordkin, former star principle of Diaghiliev's Ballets Russes and subsequent director of the Bolshoi, first
founded his company (the Mordkin Ballet) in 1926 after emigrating to
the United States. Sudeikin contributed designs for his ballet The
goldfish, which was based on Alexander Pushkin's The Tale of the
Fisherman and the Fish. This beloved fairy tale in verse about a
magical fish with the ability to grant wishes provides a warning against avarice