Marie VASSILIEFF (Smolensk 1884 - Nogent sur Marne 1957)
Set of the ball of the black misery
Pencil and ink on paper
Signed Marie Vassilieff lower left
Titled Décors du bal de la "Misère noire" and captioned Bal de la misère noire Ballet du Claude Dubosque costumes of Marie on the back
Size: 23 x 31 cm. 9 x 12,2 in. approx.
Drawing made to illustrate the typescript of her memoirs: La bohème du XXe siècle
In 1927 Marie conceived the show Bal de la misère noire with Claude Duboscq and Vladimir Polissadiv, for the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées. The show was banned from performance.
We thank Mr Claude Bernès for confirming the authenticity of this work and for the information he gave us on its provenance
Dirt, small folds, blunted corners
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