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Sergei Sudeikin (1882-1946)
Lot 50

Sergei Sudeikin (1882-1946)

Costume design for 'The Fairy Doll' ballet

Closed3 June 2019

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GBP 11,250

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Sergei Sudeikin (1882-1946)
Costume design for 'The Fairy Doll' ballet
signed in Cyrillic and inscribed in Russian 'Sergei Sudeikin/Risiukin-Tiul' (lower centre)
ink and wash on paper
11 5/8 x 7 3/8 in. (29.4 x 18.5 cm.)

Collection Alexandre Djanchieff.
By descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

The Fairy Doll was a one-act ballet staged by the Anna Pavlova Ballet Company, with choreography by Ivan Khliustin (1862-1941), which toured to the United States in 1923-1925.
We are grateful to Dr Tamara Galeeva, Senior Lecturer at the Ural State University, Ekaterinburg, for her assistance in cataloguing this lot.