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Michael (Michel) Sevier — Designs for The Ballerina and The Moor in Petrushka (two works)
Michael (Michel) Sevier

Designs for The Ballerina and The Moor in Petrushka (two works)

1919

Michael Sevier's 'Designs for The Ballerina and The Moor in Petrushka' are two 1919 costume design pieces in watercolor and ink over pencil on paper cut-outs. These works demonstrate Sevier's theatrical design practice for the iconic Ballets Russes production, with one enhanced with white and bronze and the other with white and silver.

Medium
watercolour and ink over pencil on paper cut-outs, one heightened with white and bronze, the other heightened with white and silver
Spotted At
Auction House · Sotheby's

🔨 Auction Lot

Russian Pictures

November 30, 2021

Estimate: $2,000 – $3,000

Lot 127

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Michael (Michel) Sevier, Designs for The Ballerina and The Moor in Petrushka (two works), 1919

Michael Sevier's 'Designs for The Ballerina and The Moor in Petrushka' are two 1919 costume design pieces in watercolor and ink over pencil on paper cut-outs. These works demonstrate Sevier's theatrical design practice for the iconic Ballets Russes production, with one enhanced with white and bronze and the other with white and silver.

Medium
watercolour and ink over pencil on paper cut-outs, one heightened with white and bronze, the other heightened with white and silver
Year
1919
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

20th Century, Performance Art, Expressive, Decorative, Watercolor and Ink, Gold And Silver, Costume Design, Theatrical Design, Figurative, Russian