Bidspirit auction | CHALIAPIN, BORIS (1904-1979) Six Costume

CHALIAPIN, BORIS (1904-1979) Six Costume Designs for the Film ”Michel Strogoff” - Each pencil and watercolour, three heightened with white, two on paper and the others on cardboard, two measuring 29.5 by 25 cm and the others 38 by 25.5 cm. 800£ - 1,200£ Provenance: Collection of the film director Joseph Ermolieff.Thence by descent.Private collection, USA.Private collection, UK.The costume designs, included in the present lot, were commissioned to the artist by the director Joseph Ermolieff for his 1936 film Michel Strogoff, based on the novel by Jules Verne.