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CHALIAPIN, Boris (1904-1979). Portrait of Madame

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1937. Oil on canvas (630 x 520 mm). Signed, dated and inscribed "N.Y." (lower left). Framed. Exhibited: A World of Stage: Russian Designs for Theatre, Opera, and Dance: 17 Apr -27 May 2007, Kushiro Art Museum, Hokkaido; 9 Jun -16 Jul 2007, The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto; 26 Jul -17 Sep 2007, Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Museum; 29 Sep - 28 Oct 2007; Aomori Museum of Art. Illustrated: A World of Stage: Russian Designs for Theatre, Opera, and Dance; Art Impression Inc., 2007, p. 157. The son of the legendary Russian opera singer Feodor Chaliapin was a distinguished modern portrait painter. He is perhaps best remembered for over 400 covers he produced for Time for twenty-eight years from Nehru to Nixon. Elena Balieff (née Kommissarzhevskii) was a famous Russian actress at the Théâtre de la Chauve Souris and wife of its founder Nikita Balieff.

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