Original costume design

by the important Russian artist Korovine, in all likelihood for an operatic character. Untitled and undated by ca. 1900-1920 by Opera - Costume design, Konstantine Alekseyevich Korovine

$3,000 · Offered by J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians

Executed in ink, pencil, gouache, and silver paint on wove paper. Unsigned, but with monogrammatic handstamp to lower left corner. With annotations in ink in Russian relative to various parts of the costume. 13.125 x 8.75 332 x 222 mm. .Slightly worn and soiled; some edge tears and repairs; upper right corner with erasure resulting in minor paper loss. Korovine designed costumes for productions of Russian operas including Borodin's Prince

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