JUNE 2024 SALE OF FINE ARTS AND COLLECTIBLES

A NATALIA GONCHAROVA PENCIL ON PAPER DRAWING, RUSSIAN, CA 1926

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Start price: $1,500

Estimated price: $2,000 - $2,500

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Natalia Goncharova (1881-1962), a pencil on paper sketch for theatrical scenery for "The Fair at Sorochyntsi" ballet. Signed "N.G." lower right. Inscribed on the verso.

Provenance: Arcane Encheres (Thierry Desbenoit & Associes), 11/16/2011, lot 177.

The ballet "The Fair at Sorochyntsi", written by Modest Mussorgsky and based on a short story of the same name by Nikolai Gogol, was staged at Theatre des Champs-Elysees in 1926.

9 3/4 x 6 1/4 in., (24.8 x 15.9 cm.)

Condition: Perfect