Harlequinade, Michel and Vera Fokine in the Ballet “Karnaval”, signed and dated 1922 - photo 1
Harlequinade, Michel and Vera Fokine in the Ballet “Karnaval”, signed and dated 1922 - photo 1

Harlequinade, Michel and Vera Fokine in the Ballet “Karnaval”, signed and dated 1922

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£ 40 000
Auction dateClassic
28.11.2018 11:30UTC +01:00
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MacDougall Arts Ltd.
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United Kingdom, London
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ID 136009
Lot 146 | Harlequinade, Michel and Vera Fokine in the Ballet “Karnaval”, signed and dated 1922
, also further signed three times, once with initials, inscribed in Cyrillic with the artist’s address and “Prosba vstavit pod steklo/i  v ramu bolshoi bronzy.”, titled and variously numbered on the reverse.

Pencil, gouache and tempera on paper, laid on cardboard, 85 by 64 cm.
Provenance: Private collection, UK.

Exhibited: The Russian Art Exhibition, Grand Central Palace, New York, 1924.
23rd Annual International Exhibition of Paintings, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, 24 April–15 Ju
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