SERGEI SOUDEIKINE (RUSSIAN 1883-1946)
SERGEI SOUDEIKINE (RUSSIAN 1883-1946)
Two Figures Reclining (Porgy and Bess), circa 1935
oil on tin
overall dimensions of plate: 25.5 x 32 cm (10 x 12 5/8 in.)
signed lower center
PROVENANCE
Estate of Murray Hoffman, Woodstock (acquired directly from the artist)
Acquired from the above in the 1970s
Sotheby's, New York, April 22, 2009, lot 35 (one of a pair)
Acquired at the above by the present owner
LOT NOTES
The present work most likely depicts a scene from George Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess. Soudeikine was responsible for the set designs for several of its productions in New York and Boston in 1935.
The piece comes from the estate of Murray Hoffman, an architect and artist who was a close friend of Sergei Soudeikine. Soudeikine spent some summers at Murray Hoffman's barn in Woodstock, as well as collaborated with him on various projects such as the William Breed Mansion in Manhattan.
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SERGEI SOUDEIKINE (RUSSIAN 1883-1946)
Two Figures Reclining (Porgy and Bess), circa 1935
oil on tin
overall dimensions of plate: 25.5 x 32 cm (10 x 12 5/8 in.)
signed lower center
PROVENANCE
Estate of Murray Hoffman, Woodstock (acquired directly from the artist)
Acquired from the above in the 1970s
Sotheby's, New York, April 22, 2009, lot 35 (one of a pair)
Acquired at the above by the present owner
LOT NOTES
The present work most likely depicts a scene from George Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess. Soudeikine was responsible for the set designs for several of its productions in New York and Boston in 1935.
The piece comes from the estate of Murray Hoffman, an architect and artist who was a close friend of Sergei Soudeikine. Soudeikine spent some summers at Murray Hoffman's barn in Woodstock, as well as collaborated with him on various projects such as the William Breed Mansion in Manhattan.
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