stamped monogram in Cyrillic ‘NG.’ (lower right); inscribed in pencil ‘Pour Kniaseff’ (on the reverse)
watercolour and pencil on paper
31.9 x 24.1 cm
executed circa 1932
PROVENANCE:
Collection of Alexandra Larionov-Tomilina
Certificate of authenticity by François Daulte, Lausanne, 18 November 1995
‘The Tale of Tsar Saltan’ is an opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov based on the poem by Aleksandr Pushkin written in 1831. The opera was composed in 1899–1900 to coincide with Pushkin’s centenary, and was first performed in 1900 in Moscow.
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