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Costume designs for Oriental dancer (i); and Dancer with pearls (ii)
Details
Pavel Tchelitchew (1898-1957)
Costume designs for Oriental dancer (i); and Dancer with pearls (ii)
the first signed in Cyrillic 'P Chelischev' (lower left); with inscription 'Etude d'un costume/de mes ballets/par P Tchelicheff/1919/Sofia/Boris Kniaseff' (on the reverse); the second with inscription 'Dessin de Pavel Tchelitcheff/fait en 1924 a Paris a l’hotel/de Nice pour maisson granier/pour Folie Bergere et qui etait dans ma possession/X Pougni/3 juliet 1967' (on the reverse)
the first pencil and watercolour, heightened with gold and white, on paper; the second pencil and gouache, heightened with silver, on paper
the first 12 7/8 x 9 5/8 in. (32.5 x 24.4 cm.); the second 18 ¾ x 12 1/8 in. (47.8 x 30.6 cm.)
(2)Oriental dancer executed in 1919; Dancer with pearls executed in 1924
Costume designs for Oriental dancer (i); and Dancer with pearls (ii)
the first signed in Cyrillic 'P Chelischev' (lower left); with inscription 'Etude d'un costume/de mes ballets/par P Tchelicheff/1919/Sofia/Boris Kniaseff' (on the reverse); the second with inscription 'Dessin de Pavel Tchelitcheff/fait en 1924 a Paris a l’hotel/de Nice pour maisson granier/pour Folie Bergere et qui etait dans ma possession/X Pougni/3 juliet 1967' (on the reverse)
the first pencil and watercolour, heightened with gold and white, on paper; the second pencil and gouache, heightened with silver, on paper
the first 12 7/8 x 9 5/8 in. (32.5 x 24.4 cm.); the second 18 ¾ x 12 1/8 in. (47.8 x 30.6 cm.)
(2)Oriental dancer executed in 1919; Dancer with pearls executed in 1924
Provenance
Oriental dancer
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 18 July 1968, lot 96.
Dancer with pearls
By repute, Ksenia Pougny (1892-1971), Paris (inscription on the reverse).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 9 July 1969, lot 84.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 18 July 1968, lot 96.
Dancer with pearls
By repute, Ksenia Pougny (1892-1971), Paris (inscription on the reverse).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 9 July 1969, lot 84.
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