Lot 374: UMBERTO BRUNELLESCHI (ITALIAN, 1879-1949), ALEXANDRE ZINOVIEV (UKRAINI

UMBERTO BRUNELLESCHI (ITALIAN, 1879-1949), ALEXANDRE ZINOVIEV
(UKRAINIAN, 1889-1977) AND LOUIS GAUDIN ‘ZIG’ (FRENCH 1882-1936)
Eight theatrical costume designs (two illustrated)
three signed ‘BRUNELLESCHI’ (lower right); three variously signed ‘ZINOVIEV’ in cyrillic; and two
signed ‘ZIG’ (lower right)
all pencil, pen and ink and watercolour on paper; four heightened with metallic paint 18 x 113/4 in. (45.6 x 29.8 cm.); and smaller
Sold together with a further costume design, attributed to Endré Nemes (Hungary 1909-1995
Stockholm), signed ‘ENDRE’ and executed circa 1940’s,
All executed circa 1920-1940. (9)

PROVENANCE:
(By repute) Serge Lifar.
(Possibly) Paris, Collection Serge Lifar, les ballets Russes, Hotel George V, 20 June 1974.
Acquired from Blanchet and Associés, Paris by the present owner, June 2005.