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DOBUZHINSKY, Mstislav Valeryanovich (1875-1957).

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1918. Pencil and ink on paper (330 x 330 mm). Signed with monogram and dated lower right; and inscribed in Cyrillic lower center. Framed. As demonstrated in this lovely sketch for the famous Rossini opera, Dobuzhinsky was one of the most versatile artists of the Mir iskusstva [World of Art] group. He frequently drew costumes for the Ballets Russes and other theatrical troupes and was also a gifted teacher whose students included Marc Chagall and Vladimir Nabokov. After the Russian Revolution, he fled to Lithuania. He worked in the theater all over Europe before eventually settling in the United States.

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