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Lot 226. LARIONOV, Mikhail Fedorovich (1881-1964).
Two drawings. 1914. Ink on paper (214 x 284 mm). Drawing of Igor
Stravinsky conducting an orchestra. Initialed and dated.
[With:] Ink on paper (215 x 160 mm). A satirical portrait of Nikita
Balieff. Framed separately.
A playful caricature of the impresario replete with beanie and
bowtie, along with a drawing of the great composer on the stage.
$1000 – $1500
Lot 227. LARIONOV, Mikhail Fedorovich (1881-1964).
Self portrait. 1909. Ink on paper (270 x 195 mm). Initialed and
dated lower left. Framed.
a shrewd and self-effacing drawing from the pioneering
Russian avant-gardist.
$1500 – $2000
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Lot 228. LEBEDEV, Vladimir Vasilievich (1891-1967).
Commune kitchen. 1924. Pencil and watercolor on paper (165 x 140 mm). Signed with initials in Cyrillic and dated lower right and further
signed and dated on reverse. Framed.
Lebedev started his career as a graphic designer when he was only fourteen years old by drawing postcards and within a few years he became
a successful cartoonist and a prolific illustrator of children’s books. He was a master at sketching satirical scenes of early Soviet life. Here
he depicts an altercation in a commune kitchen in which the comrades are accused of stealing food. Note that the artist has indicated the
pattern of the formidable woman’s skirt by painting over a piece of textured fabric.
$1500 – $2000
Lot 229. LISSIM, Simon (1900-1981).
View of Venice. Gouache on board (745 x 590 mm). Signed and dated 1959 lower right. Framed.
Lissim began his career in theater design at the Kiev state Theater, where he met the influential painter and designer Alexandra Exter. He
immigrated to Germany in 1919, and by 1921 had settled in Paris. At this time he began working at the Russian art publishing house of
A. Kogan where he met such important artists as Soudeikine, Benois and Bakst. In addition to his work in the theater, Lissim published
articles on Bakst and on questions of the decorative arts in the theater and edited the international art journal Revue de l’oeuvre (1923-
1925). In 1941 he immigrated to New York, where he taught a long-running course in stage design at the City College of New York
(1944-1971).
$18000 – $25000
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