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Lot n° 217
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TABLEAU "PROJET DE COSTUME POUR SALOMÉ LE PAGE" by Alexandra - Lot 217
TABLEAU "PROJET DE COSTUME POUR SALOMÉ LE PAGE" by Alexandra EXTER (1882-1949)
Framed oil on canvas, signed lower right.
Enclosed is a certificate from Mr. Jean Chauvelin dated July 23, 2022.
Appears in the catalog raisonné of Mr. Jean Chauvelin, page 49.
Size: 61 x 50 cm
Good condition
Reproduced on page 49 of Alexandra Exter's retrospective exhibition in Tours from January 31 to March 24, 2009.
From 1906 to 1914, she led a cosmopolitan life, traveling extensively.
Her compatriot Serge Férat introduced her to the circle of Baroness Hélène Oettingen in Paris, where she met Guillaume Apollinaire, Braque, Léger and Picasso.
Her work was initially dominated by geometric Cézanism, then by Russian-Ukrainian cubo-futurism.
In 1915, she created sets for Alexander Taerov's Kamerny Theatre in Moscow, covering the walls, staircases, vestibule and stage curtain with her paintings.
Influenced by Malevich's Suprematism, but in conflict with him and his rival Tatlin, she began creating abstract paintings in 1916, but did not show her non-figurative works until 1917, when she exhibited a ten-year retrospective of her work at a Valet de Carreau exhibition.
In 1921, she took part in the "5x5=25" exhibition with, among others, Alexander Rodchenko.
The same year, she designed "cubo-baroque" costumes for a production of Romeo and Juliet in Moscow.
In 1923-1924, she designed modern garments and pavilions for Russian agricultural and industrial exhibitions.
She also sketched costumes for Aelita, a science-fiction film by Yakov Protazanov.
In 1924, she took part in the organization of the Soviet pavilion and presented her work at the Venice International Art Exhibition.
At the end of 1924, Alexandra Exter finally emigrated to France with her husband, but briefly continued to present her work under the Soviet pavilion.
She designed costumes and sets, created light sculptures for the Berlin apartment of Russian dancer Elsa Krüger, made puppets, gave courses in stage design and illustrated books for the Père Castor collection at Flammarion from 1936 onwards.
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