RUSSIAN ARTIST MSTISLAV DOBUZHINSKY THEATER DRAWING Start Price USD 295.00 Current Price USD 295.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Monday, June 30, 2008 End Time Thursday, July 10, 2008 Location Boston, MA See more about 'RUSSIAN ARTIST MSTISLAV DOBUZHINSKY THEATER DRAWING' Description YOU ARE BIDDING ON original theater drawing by a famous Russian artist MSTISLAV DOBUZHINSKY. Marked "Saint Just" probably referring to Louis Antoine Leon de Saint-Just (1767 - July 28, 1794), and "Carrier" for Jean-Baptiste Carrier (1756-1794) - both French revolutionary leaders. * Created as one of the sketches for theater custume during his stay in Lithuania in 1920-1930's. Unsigned. * Provenance: Comes direct from Dobuzhinsky's Lithuanian archive. * Pen and Ink on tracing paper * Guaranteed to be genuine for life * 9 in x 9 in (23 cm x 23 cm) * Condition: very good original condition * Low starting price with no reserve. Mstislav Valerianovich Dobuzhinsky (1875 - 1957) was a Russian-Lithuanian artist noted for cityscapes conveying the explosive growth and decay of the early twentieth-century city. Dobuzhinsky was distinguished from other miriskusniki by his expressionist manner and keen interest in modern industrial cityscape. He often painted seedy or tragic scenes from urban life which expressed the nightmarish bleakness and loneliness of modern times. Among his works were also humorous vignettes and sketches with demon-like creatures which seemed to embody the monstrosities of urbanization. Like other members of the Mir iskusstva, Dobuzhinsky experimented with scenic design. At first he worked for Constantin Stanislavski at the Moscow Arts Theatre, but later contributed sets to several Diaghilev productions as well. After the Russian Revolution of 1917, Dobuzhinsky withdrew to Lithuania. He was naturalized there in 1924 and lived in Kaunas until 1925, and then between 1929 and 1939, when he emigrated to England and later to USA. In Lithuania he worked at a state theatre as scenographer and created scenography for 38 plays, besides running a private painting school (1930-1933). PLEASE READ INFORMATION BELOW BEFORE PLACING A BID: Shipping and Handling: $7 within USA, $12 outside USA METHODS OF PAYMENT: * PayPal * Money Order in US$ * Visa / MasterCard * Please contact me prior to bidding for approval if you would like to pay in a way not indicated here **** NO PERSONAL CHECKS PLEASE**** High bidder, please send your payment, eBay item number, your e-mail, eBay ID and your shipping address to: LEVEL 60 1085 Commonwealth Ave #314 Boston, MA 02215, USA Or pay via PayPal to mrpanaev@level60.com Payment must be made in U.S. funds within 10 days of notification. Feel free to e-mail me with any questions before placing a bid. Item is shipped upon receipt of the payment, feedback left upon completion of the transaction. **** Click on this link to see my auctions **** or Click on this link to add my listings to your "Favorite List" found on "My eBay" page Place a Bid!