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Boris Bilinsky (Russian, 1900-1948) Three costume designs for the film Casanova, 1927 73 x 50cm (19 1/4 x 12 1/2in). ((3)) image 1
Boris Bilinsky (Russian, 1900-1948) Three costume designs for the film Casanova, 1927 73 x 50cm (19 1/4 x 12 1/2in). ((3)) image 2
Boris Bilinsky (Russian, 1900-1948) Three costume designs for the film Casanova, 1927 73 x 50cm (19 1/4 x 12 1/2in). ((3)) image 3
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Boris Bilinsky
(Russian, 1900-1948)
Three costume designs for the film Casanova, 1927 73 x 50cm (19 1/4 x 12 1/2in).

1 December 2021, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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Boris Bilinsky (Russian, 1900-1948)

Three costume designs for the film Casanova, 1927
all signed in Latin and dated (lower right), one is inscribed in French 'Ivan Mosjoukine - Casanova'
watercolour, gouache, silver pigment over pencil on artist board
73 x 50cm (19 1/4 x 12 1/2in).
(3)

Footnotes

Provenance
Sotheby's, New York, 24 November 1978, lots 73 and 74
Acquired from the above by the present collector

Exhibited
Kyoto, Japan, The National Museum of Modern Art, 9 June - 16 July 2007; Aomori, Japan, The Aomori Museum of Art, 29 September - 28 October 2007, A World of Stage: Russian Designs for Theatre, Opera and Dance

Literature:
A World of Stage: Russian Designs for Theatre, Opera and Dance, exhibition catalogue, 2007, numbers 67, 68, two illustrated


Casanova is a 1927 French historical drama film directed by Alexandre Volkoff and starring Ivan Mozzhukhin, Suzanne Bianchetti and Diana Karenne. Boris Bolinsky, a well-known artist and designer of film and theatre costumes, sets, and posters was asked to design all costumes for this popular silent film.

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