TATIANA BRUNI (1902-2001) Costume design for ‘Summer’

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extensively inscribed in Cyrillic (lower right) and ‘Leto’ (upper right); ownership stamp of Igor Dichenko collection (on the reverse) gouache and pencil on paper 42 x 29,8 cm circa 1960s PROVENANCE: Collection of Igor Dichenko (Ihor Dychenko) (1946-2015), Soviet and Ukrainian collector, art historian, and painter; one of the ideologists of the Ukrainian avant-garde, Kyiv. Private collection, Europe Tatiana Bruni (1902-2001) worked all her life as a theatre artist. She taught in the production department of the Leningrad State Theatre Institute. Bruni is one of the greatest masters of theatrical decorative art of the 20th century. At the start of his career, Tatiana quickly made a name for herself as one of the leading representatives of the new school of Leningrad stage designers, such as N. P. Akimov and V. M. Khodasevich. Bruni’s works can be found in numerous museums and private collections, including the National Tretyakov Gallery, the National Theatre Museum, the Mariinsky Theatre Museum and others.

Lot subject to the artist's resale right in accordance with Sovereign Order n° 10.300 of 22nd December 2023 setting out the terms and conditions for the application of Act n° 1.526 of 1st July 2022.

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