Live Auction 5961Important Russian Art
Sergei Sudeikin (1882-1946)
Lot 162 PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF SUZANNE MASSIE, UNITED STATES

Sergei Sudeikin (1882-1946)

Costume design for Korobotchka

Closed26 November 2012

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GBP 5,000

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Sergei Sudeikin (1882-1946)
Costume design for Korobotchka
signed 'Soudeikine.' (lower centre)
pencil, watercolour and gouache, heightened with gold, on card
12 x 15 in. (30.5 x 38.1 cm.)

Acquired directly from the artist's wife by the present owner in New York, 1968.

Specialist note

The unrealised production Korobotchka, with music composed by Igor Stravinsky, was intended for London's Apollo theatre in 1921.