SERGEI EISENSTEIN (1898 - 1948) Sketch of a personage

coloured pencil on paper dedicated in pencil by L. I. Naumova to Igor Dichenko ‘Risunok Segeia Esensteina A. A. (42-44)/ iz kollektzii L. I. Naumovoy – Igoru Dichenko/ 6 aprelia 84/ Moskva’; ownership stamp of Igor Dichenko collection (on the reverse) 31 x 22.7 cm PROVENANCE: Collection of Lydia Ivanovna Naumova (1902–1986), Russian-Soviet graphic artist, illustrator, theatre and film designer 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 Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein, the renowned Soviet filmmaker and theorist, was also an accomplished illustrator and caricaturist. His masterpieces, ‘Battleship Potemkin’ and ‘Ivan the Terrible’, are considered among the finest films of his career. Lydia Naumova collaborated with Sergei Eisenstein during the production of ‘Ivan the Terrible’ in 1942 and 1943, during the Second World War. She played an important role in the creation of the film’s costumes. Although she had no previous experience in cinema, her talent and diligence were quickly recognized, and she contributed to the design of the costumes for this monumental film.