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PAVEL TCHELITCHEW (RUSSIAN 1898-1957)
Costume Design for Balanchine Ballet \The Cave of Sleep\""
1941
gouache, watercolor, ink, and pencil on paper
25.7 x 15.8 cm (10 1/8 x 6 1/4 in.) [sight]
signed lower right
LOT NOTES:
Tchelichew designed sixty eccentric costumes inspired by anatomical drawings by Vesalius. The music for this ballet was composed by Paul Hindermith and ballet was partially choreographed by Balanchine during the 1941 American Ballet Caravan tour of South America. Unfortunately, the project was never realized due to its excessive cost. A similar watercolor is part of the collection of Museum Of Modern Art in New York.
RELATED LITERATURE:
John E. Bowlt, "Masterpieces of Russian Stage Design: 1880-1930," Suffolk, UK, 2012, plate 1098, pg. 389.
gouache, watercolor, ink, and pencil on paper
25.7 x 15.8 cm (10 1/8 x 6 1/4 in.) [sight]
signed lower right
LOT NOTES:
Tchelichew designed sixty eccentric costumes inspired by anatomical drawings by Vesalius. The music for this ballet was composed by Paul Hindermith and ballet was partially choreographed by Balanchine during the 1941 American Ballet Caravan tour of South America. Unfortunately, the project was never realized due to its excessive cost. A similar watercolor is part of the collection of Museum Of Modern Art in New York.
RELATED LITERATURE:
John E. Bowlt, "Masterpieces of Russian Stage Design: 1880-1930," Suffolk, UK, 2012, plate 1098, pg. 389.
Estimate: $1,500 – $2,000
Result: $1,920 (including premium)
