Daria Khristova nee Chernenko
Department Director
Lot 52*
Boris Solomonovich Aronson(Russian, 1900-1980)Three costume designs for 1924 production of S. Ansky's play Tog un nakht ('Day and Night') two works: 54 x 40.8cm (21 1/4 x 16in); one: 49 x 36.5cm (19 1/4 x 14 1/4in).
1 December 2021, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £3,825 inc. premium
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Boris Solomonovich Aronson (Russian, 1900-1980)
Three costume designs for 1924 production of S. Ansky's play Tog un nakht ('Day and Night')
all signed in Latin (lower right)
pencil, gouache, one with paper collage on paper laid on board
two works: 54 x 40.8cm (21 1/4 x 16in); one: 49 x 36.5cm (19 1/4 x 14 1/4in).
(3)
all signed in Latin (lower right)
pencil, gouache, one with paper collage on paper laid on board
two works: 54 x 40.8cm (21 1/4 x 16in); one: 49 x 36.5cm (19 1/4 x 14 1/4in).
(3)
Footnotes
Provenance
By repute acquired by the present collector at Sotheby's, late 1980s
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 105, 106, 107, pp. 109-110, illustrated
In 1924 the play Day and Night by C. Ansky (1863-1920), a Jewish playwright, novelist, researcher of Jewish folklore, and radical intellectual, was staged at the avant-garde repertory company in Bronx, New York, that became known as Unser Teater (Our Theatre). Aronson was given complete artistic freedom to experiment and to design the entire production from costume designs and stage sets to the stage lighting. Even years later, the artist considered this project to be one of the most experimental and successful in his theatre career. The play was the first production of the experimental theatre to open on 9 December 1924 and ran for 79 performances.