Lot Essay
These costumes were designed for the 1911 production of Khovanshchina, the opera by Musorgskii, at the Marinskii Theatre, St. Petersburg.
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Two groups of costume designs for Khovanshchina: Male and female boyars
Details
Konstantin Alekseevich Korovin (1861-1939)
Two groups of costume designs for Khovanshchina: Male and female boyars
both signed 'K Kor' (lower right) and further inscribed with costume notes
one pencil, black ink and watercolour, heightened with gold, on buff paper; one pencil, black ink and watercolour, heightened with bronze, on buff paper
13 1/8 x x 8 3/8 in. (33.4 x 21.4 cm.); 13¼ x 8 3/8 in. (33.3 x 21.3 cm.) (2)
Two groups of costume designs for Khovanshchina: Male and female boyars
both signed 'K Kor' (lower right) and further inscribed with costume notes
one pencil, black ink and watercolour, heightened with gold, on buff paper; one pencil, black ink and watercolour, heightened with bronze, on buff paper
13 1/8 x x 8 3/8 in. (33.4 x 21.4 cm.); 13¼ x 8 3/8 in. (33.3 x 21.3 cm.) (2)
Provenance
Commissioned by Sergei Diagilev.
Presented as a gift to Sergei Ivanov, Paris.
Thence by descent to Maurizio Mazzocchi, Italy.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Presented as a gift to Sergei Ivanov, Paris.
Thence by descent to Maurizio Mazzocchi, Italy.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Exhibited
Buenos Aires, Ballets de la Opera de Paris, The Russian Embassy, 20 - 25 December 2003.