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drawing of a drawing of a stage set with a fireplace and stage curtaina close up of a piece of cardboard on a white background
Hermitage Fine Art

196 - IRINA STENBERG (1905–1985)
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Estimate €1,000 - €1,500
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Description
IRINA STENBERG (1905–1985) Stage Design for Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s *The School for Scandal* signed in Cyrillic ‘I. Stenberg’ and dated ‘1948’ (bottom right), inscribed in Cyrillic ‘Sheridan / Shkola zlosloviya’ (bottom left); signed again in Cyrillic ‘I. Stenberg’ and inscribed ‘Sheridan / Shkola zlosloviya’ (along the lower margin of the mount) watercolour and gouache on paper, mounted on board image: 22 × 34 cm mount: 40 × 50.5 cm Executed in 1948. This work is a set design for Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s comedy *The School for Scandal*, directed by Gueorgui Tovstonogov in 1942 at the A.S. Griboyedov Russian Drama Theatre in Tbilisi, with sets designed by Irina Stenberg. At the buyer’s request, we shall be happy to provide a general report on the condition of the lot described above. However, as we are not professional conservators or restorers, we strongly advise potential buyers to carry out their own inspection or to consult a specialist of their choice to obtain a full assessment of the lot’s condition. Descriptions of items provided in the catalogue or by correspondence are for guidance only and should not be regarded as a definitive assessment. NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSION REGARDING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD ‘AS IS’, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE PUBLISHED IN THE CATALOGUE.
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About the sale From 19th-century art to modern art, Eastern European art, icons, Camille Pissarro, Jean-Baptiste Olive, Lynn Chadwick, Léon Bakst.
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Auction time 10/27/2026 at 2:30 PM
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