LOT DETAILS

Materials:

ink and watercolour, heightened with white, on paper

Measurements:

19.09 in. (48.50 cm.) (height) by 15.87 in. (40.30 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed with the artist's monogram (lower right), inscribed in Russian 'The floating chain of clouds is thinning/Wistful star, Evening-star!' (lower left) and with Serge Lifar's collection stamp (lower right)

Provenance:

Serge Lifar (1905-1986). By descent to Countess Lilian Ahlefeldt-Laurvig (1914-2008). A gift from the above to the present owner.