Boris Dmitrievich Grigoriev (Russian, 1886-1939)
Drawing for two dancing ladies from Café Chantant, featured in the headpiece for Intimité, 1918
signed in Cyrillic and dated '1914' (lower right)
graphite on paper
27 x 20.5cm (10 5/8 x 8 1/16in).
signed in Cyrillic and dated '1914' (lower right)
graphite on paper
27 x 20.5cm (10 5/8 x 8 1/16in).
Estimate:
£7,000 - 9,000
US$ 11,000 - 14,000
€8,200 - 11,000
US$ 11,000 - 14,000
€8,200 - 11,000
Footnotes
- PROVENANCE:
Private collection, Italy
EXHIBITED:
Italy, Cuneo, Il Prisma, Arte Nacosta; Itinerario attraverso la pittura russa del primo '900, 20 March-25 April, 1993, no. 45
LITERATURE:
Elena Kislovskaja [ed.], Arte Nacosta; Itinerario attraverso la pittura russa del primo '900, no. 45
The dancing ladies depicted in the offered lot appear as part of a larger composition known as Cafe Chantant which was the headpiece for Intimite, St Petersburg: B.M. Yasny, 1918, for which Grigoriev did the illustrations and Vsevolod Dmitriev and Vsevolod Voinov the text.
Category: Fine Art / Russian Art
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