LOT DETAILS
Materials:
pencil, watercolor and gouache on paper (1); ink on paper laid on card (2)
Size Notes:
the second 23.1 x 17.5 cm
Description:
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Markings:
the first signed, inscribed and dated 'Stellet/Cannes 1918.' (lower right); with inscription 'Stelletsky - Dmitri Simionovitch/1875-1947/Vente Serge Lifar No. 99/du 20.6.1974 à Paris.' (on the reverse); the second signed with Cyrillic initials 'D. S.' (lower left); further signed and inscribed 'N.33./£7.7.0/D. Stellet' and with inscription 'D.Stelletsky/Illustration pour l'Apollon 1911 (4)/Signé par monogramme sur le dessin/Donné par l'artiste au Prince/Argourtinsky-Dolgoroukoff/ Vignette for Apollon' (on the reverse of the card)
Condition:
one framed
Literature:
Gusli player A. Benua, 'Iskusstvo Stelletskogo [The Art of Stelletsky]', Apollon, St Petersburg, 1911, no. 4, illustrated p. [13], listed p. [85].
Provenance:
The fight Prince Wladimir Argoutinsky-Dolgoroukoff (1875-1941). Collection Alexandre Djanchieff. By descent to the present owner. Gusli player Serge Lifar (1905-1986). Collection Serge Lifar; Tajan, Paris, 20 June 1974, lot 99. Acquired at the above sale by Alexandre Djanchieff. By descent to the present owner.