Probably Natalia Sergeevna Goncharova - Untitled (Costume Design) - image-1
Probably Natalia Sergeevna Goncharova - Untitled (Costume Design) - image-2
Probably Natalia Sergeevna Goncharova - Untitled (Costume Design) - image-1Probably Natalia Sergeevna Goncharova - Untitled (Costume Design) - image-2

Lot 23 Dα

Probably Natalia Sergeevna Goncharova - Untitled (Costume Design)

Auction 1084 - overview Berlin
03.05.2017, 11:00 - Russian Sale
Estimate: 4.000 € - 6.000 €
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Probably Natalia Sergeevna Goncharova

Untitled (Costume Design)

With further sketches in pencil, the inscription "4 men" and various names to the reverse. Gouache, silver and gold-bronze paint over pencil on machine-made laid paper. 34.9 x 25.6 cm. Monogrammed in Cyrillic "NG" lower left, inscribed "N. Gontscharowa" in ink lower right. - The edges yellowed, minor tears and creases, remains of adhesive and gum arabic, pin holes. With surface wear and numerous studio traces.

This work is probably a design made for the first performance of "The Golden Cockrel" by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov at the Opéra Paris on 21st May 1914. The performance was a grand success, not least due to Natalia Goncharova's spectacular set designs and fantastic costumes.
An assessment report from the Cologne Institute of Conservation Sciences (CICS) is available for this work.