MSTISLAV DOBUZHINSKY (1875-1957)
Stage design for ‘The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra’, London, 1935

signed with initials (lower left), further signed ‘MD’ (lower right), numbered with Roman numeral in red crayon ‘V’ (upper right) ink and ink wash on paper 23 х 35 cm Provenance: Rostislav Dobuzhinski estate. Acquired by the present owner at the auction in Paris, 15 March 2005, lot 223 (The third and last auction of works by Mstislav Dobuzhinsky from the estate of his son Rostislaw Dobuzhinsky) This is a preparatory drawing for the work illustrated G.Chugunov, Mstislav Valerianovich Dobuzhinsky, Leningrad, 1984, p.222