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Aleksandr Golovin (1863-1930)
Lot 38PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION

Aleksandr Golovin (1863-1930)

Stage design for Orphée: Act II

Fermé28 November 2016

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GBP 57,500

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Aleksandr Golovin (1863-1930)
Stage design for Orphée: Act II
signed 'A. Golovine' (lower left); with Serge Lifar's collection stamp (on the reverse)
tempera on panel
26 ¾ x 33 in. (68.2 x 83.6 cm.)

Ida Rubinstein, Paris (1883-1960), until at least 1935.
Serge Lifar (1905-1986).
Serge Lifar Collection; Sotheby's, London, 9 May 1984, lot 116.
By descent to Countess Lilian Ahlefeldt-Laurvig (1914-2008).
A gift from the above to the present owner.

Note du spécialiste

Orphée, a lyrical mimodrama based on Virgil's Georgics, by Jean Roger-Ducasse (1873-1954) was presented at the Opéra de Paris on 11 June 1926 with Ida Rubinstein (1883-1960) in the leading role.