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Lyubov Mikhailovna KOZINTSEVA (Kiev, 1898 - Moscow, 1978)
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166
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Lyubov Mikhailovna KOZINTSEVA (Kiev, 1898 - Moscow, 1978)
Vi…
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Estimate €1,500 - €3,000
Voluntary lot
Description
Lyubov Mikhailovna KOZINTSEVA (Kiev, 1898 - Moscow, 1978)
View of a Breton port (1922)
Watercolour and gouache on paper signed and dated "L. Kozintseva 1922" lower right
in ink, with a later handwritten note on the reverse "Watercolour by the 1st
wife of the Soviet writer Ilya Ehrenbourg. Given to Charles by Maroussia
Maroussia Davidova".
H. 45 x W. 31 cm (as seen). H. 66 x W. 50 cm (frame).
Provenance
- Maria Samoïlovna Davydova (Saint Petersburg, 1889 - Paris, 1987) known as
Maroussia Davidova, Russian mezzo-soprano, famous in the role of "Carmen" and as the partner of Fédor Chaliapine (1873-1938).
- Then given to "Charles", the father of the current vendor.
History
Maria Samoïlovna Davydova was a Russian mezzo-soprano born in Saint Petersburg,
She was active on the Russian and then European opera stages. She made her debut before the Revolution,
She took part in Diaghilev's Russian Seasons and sang in Boris Godunov,
"Khovanchtchina", "The Queen of Spades" and "Carmen", a role with which her name remains particularly associated.
particularly associated with. After leaving the USSR, she continued her career in Paris, where she became
known as Maroussia Davidova, and in several major European cities.
European cities. She is also known as the stage partner of Fedor
Chaliapine (1873-1938), with whom she helped to make the Russian repertoire known abroad.
abroad.
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