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Youri Pavlovitch ANNENKOV known as Georges ANNENKOFF (Petrop…
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168
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Youri Pavlovitch ANNENKOV known as Georges ANNENKOFF (Petrop…
See original version (French)
Estimate €300 - €500
Voluntary lot
Description
Youri Pavlovitch ANNENKOV known as Georges ANNENKOFF (Petropavlovsk,
1889 - Paris, 1974)
Costume design for a female figure in a violet dress holding a face to
hand.
Pencil, watercolour and gouache on paper, monogrammed in ink "G.A." lower right.
lower right. Small stains and folds.
H. 46.5 x W. 30 cm (as seen). H. 63.5 x W. 46 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
partner of Fédor Chaliapine (1873-1938), and also a friend of Valentina
Ivanovna Motyleva, wife of Georges Annenkov (1889-1974).
- Then given to the current vendor's father.
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. According to a handwritten family note, she was also a friend of
Valentina Ivanovna Motyleva, a ballet dancer and wife of the painter Georges
Annenkov.
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