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Ivan Biblibin 244 - A painting of a woman standing on a balcony with a castle in the background
Summary
Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin, 1876-1942
1876-1942
TSARITSA MILITRISSA
signed with initials in Cyrillic and dated 1929 t.l., also signed in full in Latin t.r.; further inscribed in Latin on reverse: Ivan Bilibine / 15, rue Boissonade / Paris XIV / La sarine Militrissa / (Op. "Tzar Saltan")
watercolour over pencil on paper
46 by 39cm., 18 by 15¼in.
Ivan Bilibin (1876–1942) was a Russian illustrator and stage designer who took part in the Mir iskusstva, contributed to the Ballets Russes, co-founded the Union of Russian Artists (Russian: Сою́з ру́сских худо́жников) and from 1937 was a member of the Artists' Union of the USSR.
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Date
1929
Source
Sotheby's
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public domain
