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Sergei Eisenstein (1898-1948)
Lot 33 PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

Sergei Eisenstein (1898-1948)

Délire; and fourteen erotic drawings

Closed6 June 2016

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GBP 10,000

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Sergei Eisenstein (1898-1948)
Délire; and fourteen erotic drawings
variously inscribed, dated and numbered; five signed with artist's monogram
nine pencil and colour pencil on paper and six pencil on paper
13 x 8 7/8 in. (33 x 22.4 cm.); and smaller; unframed
(15)Some dated between 1942 and 1944

Andrei Moskvin (1901-1961), Moscow.
Acquired from the above by the father of the present owner in the late 1990s.

Specialist note

Andrei Moskvin, a well-known cameraman, worked with Eisenstein on the production of his last film, Ivan the Terrible and subsequently received a collection of Eisenstein's erotic drawings, a selection of which is offered here.