NATALIA GONCHAROVA (1881-1962) Danseur tenant un Arc Costume design for 'The Tale of Tsar Saltan'

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.