Yuri Annenkov (1889-1974)
Portrait of Elena Komissarzhevskaia-Balieff (1895-1981)
signed with Cyrillic initials 'Iu.A.' (lower left)
ink, watercolour and gouache on paper
19 x 15 in. (48.3 x 38.2 cm.)
Yuri Annenkov (1889-1974)
Portrait of Elena Komissarzhevskaia-Balieff (1895-1981)
signed with Cyrillic initials 'Iu.A.' (lower left)
ink, watercolour and gouache on paper
19 x 15 in. (48.3 x 38.2 cm.)
By repute, Elena Komissarzhevskaia-Balieff (1895-1981). Acquired by the present owner in New York in the early 1980s.
Exhibition catalogue, A World of Stage: Russian Designs for Theater, Opera, and Dance, Tokyo, 2007, illustrated p. 156, listed p. 243, no. 173.
Tokyo, Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, A World of Stage: Russian Designs for Theater, Opera, and Dance, 17 April-28 October 2007, no. 173.
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