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Lot 46

Boris Dmitrievich Grigoriev
(Russian, 1886-1939)
A study for two dancing ladies from Café Chantant, featured in the headpiece for Intimité, 1918 27 x 20.5cm (10 5/8 x 8 1/16in).

7 June 2017, 15:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £3,750 inc. premium

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Boris Dmitrievich Grigoriev (Russian, 1886-1939)

A study 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).

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 Intimité, St. Petersburg: B.M. Yasny, 1918, for which Grigoriev did the illustrations and Vsevolod Dmitriev and Vsevolod Voinov the text.

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