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b. 1891 - d. 1965

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      • Alexei Utkin: A Russian Mother of God "Smolenskaja" icon with silver-gilt oklad. 34 x 27.5 cm.
        Jun. 08, 2018

        Alexei Utkin: A Russian Mother of God "Smolenskaja" icon with silver-gilt oklad. 34 x 27.5 cm.

        Est: kr40,000 - kr50,000

        A Russian Mother of God "Smolenskaja" icon. Tempera on wood panel, covered by richly punched and chased silver-gilt oklad with pierced double halo. Alexei Utkin, assayer Kapiton Sidorov 1848, Saratov town mark, 84 standard, reverse marked inventory number 31. 34 x 27.5 cm.

        Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers
      • GROUP OF 28 COSTUME AND STAGE DESIGNS BY RYNDIN,
        Nov. 16, 2013

        GROUP OF 28 COSTUME AND STAGE DESIGNS BY RYNDIN,

        Est: $3,000 - $5,000

        GROUP OF 28 COSTUME AND STAGE DESIGNS BY RYNDIN, UTKIN AND XENOFONTOV, a) ALEXEI UTKIN ( RUSSIAN 1891-1965), set of 10 costume designs for the production of "Girls` Hurly-Burly", an operetta in Leningrad Theatre of Musical Comedy in 1945. Pencil, watercolor and gouache on paper. All works are signed in Cyrillic 'A. Utkin' lower right and indicate names of actors next to the characters` names. 35 x 22.3 cm (12 1/2 x 8 3/4 in.) NOTES: the plot of this merry operetta revolved around fictional Russian tsar`s desire to find the most suitable bride in XVII century Russia. The music was written by Y. Milyutin inspired by Russian folk songs. Alexei Utkin was a prominent theater and cinematic decorations designer with extensive experience in historical productions and whose works included such movies as "The Jolly Fellows" (Veselye Rebyata) and "Life of Ivan the Terrible." The set includes costumes of a miller, a wife of the jester (Nastasya), a bailiff, a puppeteer, servants, merchants and "strelcy" among others. b)RINDIN, VADIM FEDOROVITCH (RUSSIAN 1902-1974), set of 7 costume designs for the production of "Rose of the Winds", an operetta composed by Boris Mokrousov in Leningrad Theatre of Musical Comedy in 1947. Pencil, watercolor and gouache on paper. All are signed in Cyrillic 'V. Ryndin' lower right. 30 x 21 cm (11 3/4 x 8 1/4 in.) NOTES: The original play by I. Lukovsky follows the expedition of Fyodor Ushakov, 18th century naval commander and admiral, to Constantinople, where one of his officers frees daughter of the leader of Bulgarian rebels from Turkish harem. The production was directed by Andrei Tutyshkin (1910-1971), a notable Russian actor and director best known for his roles in "Volga - Volga," "Carnival in Moscow," and "Anna Karenina." Tutyshkin`s "approval" signature in Cyrillic is on each sketch at the lower right. Names of the actors assigned for the given roles can be identified at upper left, e.g. a name of the prominent actor and director at Leningrad Theatre of Musical Comedy, Nikolai Yanet, can be seen at the costume design for the role of a character named "Danilo Kokarev" (sketch #6.) Vadim Ryndin was Soviet costume and stage designer. People's Artist of the USSR (1962). Member of the Academy of Arts of the USSR (1964). He attended the Free Arts and Technical Studios in Voronezh from 1918 to 1922 and the State Higher Arts and Technical Studios (Vkhutemas) in Moscow from 1922 to 1924. In 1965 he joined the faculty of the V. I. Surikov Moscow Art Institute. Beginning in 1925 he worked at the Kamernyi Teatr where he was principal designer from 1931 to 1934. He was principal designer at the Vakhtangov Theater (1935-44, 1947-58), the Moscow Dramatic Theater (1944-47), and the Bolshoi Theater (from 1953). His work was often distinguished by romantic allusions and emotional intensity with propensity toward a heroic and epic style. The artist was particularly famous for his sets for Vishnevskii's "An Optimistic Tragedy" (1933, Kamernyi Teatr), Shakespeare`s "Much Ado About Nothing" (1936, Vakhtangov Theater), an adaptation of "Fadeev`s novel The Young Guard" (1947, Moscow Dramatic Theater), and Shakespeare`s "Hamlet" (1954, Moscow Mayakovsky Theater). His opera credits at the Bolshoi Theater include Prokofiev's "War and Peace" (1959), Verdi's "Don Carlo" (1963), and Molchanov`s "The Unknown Soldier" (1967). A recipient of the State Prize of the USSR in 1950, Ryndin was awarded the Order of Lenin, three other orders, and various medals. c) Costume design for Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sergeant, Malone, from "Rose-Marie," an operetta-style musical with music by Rudolf Friml and Herbert Stothart, and book and lyrics by Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II, which was performed at Leningrad Theatre of Musical Comedy in 1942. Pencil, watercolor and gouache on paper. Signature of approval from performance director Nikolai Yanet in Cyrillic lower right. 34.3 x 25 cm (13 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.) LOT NOTES: The story of the operetta takes place in the Canadian Rockies and concerns Rose-Marie La Flemme, a French Canadian girl who loves miner Jim Kenyon who is under suspicion for murder. d) set of 5 miscellaneous stage designs for operettas directed by Andrei Tutyshkin in Leningrad Theatre of Musical Comedy in 1940s and 1950s. Pencil, watercolor and gouache on paper. Initials of Tutyshkin in Cyrillic `A.T` lower right. 29.7 x 49.7 cm (11 3/4 x 19.5 in.) e) set of 4 ethnographical studies/drawings depicting people of Russian regions populated by descendants of Mongolian nomads such as Buryats and Kalmyks, 1927-1928. Pencil, Ink and watercolor on paper. Signed illegibly in Cyrillic and dated lower right. 27 x 18 cm (10 5/8 x 7 1/8 in.) LOT NOTES: The drawings, which portray 2 Kalmyk men, 1 Buryat woman and 1 drawing depicting a man in Buddhist religious attire and 1 - in Mongolian clothing, indicate name, place of residence, occupation and age. Ad Hoc Russian-Mongolian dictionary of clothing items and accessories are written on the back of 2 drawings. f) TIMOFEY KSENOFONTOV (RUSSIAN 1912-1990), book illustration for 'Spartacus' by Raffaello Giovagnoli, Moscow, Molodaya Gvardiya, 1954. Pencil and gouache on paper. Signed in Cyrillic 'Ksenofontov' lower right, 41.5 x 32.4 cm (16 1/4 x 12 3/4 in.) PROVENANCE: Sotheby`s: December 2, 2004, lot 107 We would like to thank Lara Wulfin for providing us with information on Alexei Utkin and Vadim Ryndin.,

        Shapiro Auctions LLC
      • UTKIN, ALEXEI (1891-1965) Summerhouse in the Park,
        Jun. 08, 2011

        UTKIN, ALEXEI (1891-1965) Summerhouse in the Park,

        Est: £15,000 - £20,000

        UTKIN, ALEXEI (1891-1965) Summerhouse in the Park, signed and stamped "Imperatorskoe Stroganovskoe Tsentral'noe khudozhestvenno-promyshlennoe uchilishche 1910 III 8 V". Gouache on paper, laid on cardboard, 54 by 63.5 cm. Provenance: Anonymous sale; Russian Collection II, Alpha Art Moscow, October 1992, lot 51. Private collection, France.

        MacDougall's
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