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CHRISTIAN BERARD (1902-1949)
Lot 59 PROPERTY FROM AN INTERNATIONAL COLLECTION

CHRISTIAN BERARD (1902-1949)

'MOZARTIANA: SEATED BALLERINA' AND 'BALLERINA IN A LANDSCAPE', CIRCA 1933

Closed11 March 2011

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CHRISTIAN BERARD (1902-1949)
'Mozartiana: Seated Ballerina' and 'Ballerina in a Landscape', circa 1933
watercolor and black ink on paper, the latter ink and ink wash on paper
the first: 11½ x 8 7/8 in. (29.2 x 22.5 cm.) sight size, the latter 11¾ x 8¾ in. (30 x 22.2 cm.)
each stamped Berard (2)

Boris Kochno, Paris.
Sotheby's, Monaco, Collection Boris Kochno, 11/12 October 1991.

Specialist note

The ballet Mozartiana, choreographed by George Balanchine and with costumes and decorations by Bérard, was performed by Les Ballets 1933 at the Thétre du Champs-Elysées, Paris on June 7, 1933 with Tamara Toumanova in the starring role.