ALEXANDER KHVOSTENKO-KHVOSTOV (1895-1967) Costume Design for Two Guards for the opera ‘A love for three oranges’ by S. Prokofiev
Lot 45
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Signed in Cyrillic ‘O Khvost’ (lower right), titled in Cyrillic
‘Golden Guards’ [Zolotaya Strazha’] (upper center)
watercolour, pencil, and mixed media on paper
36 x 25.5 cm
In 1926 Alexander Khvostenko-Khvostov cooperated in
the production of Prokofiev's Love for the three Oranges in
Kharkiv. It was one of his most experimental projects, but it
was never performed.