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Mstislav Dobuzhinsky (1875-1957)
Lot 38

Mstislav Dobuzhinsky (1875-1957)

Costume design for 'War and Peace': French Cuirassier

Closed3 June 2019

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Mstislav Dobuzhinsky (1875-1957)
Costume design for 'War and Peace': French Cuirassier
signed 'MDoboujinsky' (lower right) and inscribed with production details (upper right), with inscriptions 'Cadeau de mon cher ami Dobujinksy avant son depart pour Londres 30.IX 56' (along the lower edge) and 'Dessin de costume/dragon ou cuirassier francais/pour l'opera de Prokofieff/'Guerre et Paix'/Metropolitan (?) N.Y.' (on the reverse)
pencil, watercolour, gouache and ink on paper
14 ¾ x 9 7/8 in. (37.3 x 25.1 cm.)

Collection Alexandre Djanchieff.
By descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

In the 1930s and 1940s, Dobuzhinsky provided costume and set designs for multiple stage productions in the USA: one of them being the New York Metropolitan Opera's staging of Sergei Prokofiev's (1891-1953) opera 'War and Peace' in 1947.