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Sergei Eisenstein (1898-1948)
Lot 461

Sergei Eisenstein (1898-1948)

Costume design for the Doorkeeper in Macbeth

Closed2 December 2009

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GBP 3,250

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Sergei Eisenstein (1898-1948)
Costume design for the Doorkeeper in Macbeth
inscribed in Cyrillic and numbered 'Macbeth/V. Shakespeare/costume 'Doorkeeper'/N. 17' (upper left); further signed with initials and dated and numbered 'S.E./1921/16/XI' (lower left); with further inscription '.../Macbeth.' (on the reverse)
ink and gouache on card
16¼ x 11 in. (41.3 x 28 cm.)
Executed in 1921

Specialist note

This design was executed for the production of Macbeth which premiered at the V. Polenov Theatre in Moscow in 1921.