Live Auction 5961Important Russian Art
Konstantin Korovin (1861-1939)
Lot 166

Konstantin Korovin (1861-1939)

Set design for Salambo

Closed26 November 2012

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Konstantin Korovin (1861-1939)
Set design for Salambo
signed indistinctly in Cyrillic and inscribed in Russian 'Salambo/Konst. Korovin' (lower right)
oil and gouache on board
19 x 28 in. (48.3 x 73 cm.)

Specialist note

Salambo premiered at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow on the 10th January 1910. The ballet was based on Flaubert's novel and focused on the tragic love story of the heroine whose name provides the title. Set in Carthage in 240 BC, the choreography for the ballet was developed by Aleksandr Gorsky, the score provided by Andrey Fedorovich Arends.