Keywords: Ivan Bilibin 151.jpg И Я Билибин Mалый Китeж на Bолгe Эскиз дeко ации к 2-му дeйствию опe ы H А Римского-Ко сакова «Сказаниe о нeвидимом г адe Китeжe и дeвe Фeв онии» Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin 1876-1942 SET DESIGN OF LITTLE KITEZH ON THE VOLGA singed in Latin initialled in Cyrillic and dated 1934 l r watercolour over pencil on paper 30 by 45 5cm 11 3/4 by 17 3/4 in The present lot depicts the town square of Little Kitezh in Act II of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's opera The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevroniya which premiered in Brno in 1934 http //www sothebys com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2016/russian-pictures-l16112/lot 72 html s 1900 Creator Ivan Bilibin Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh opera by Bilibin Files uploaded by Shakko from various sources Images from Sotheby's Private collections of Russian art PD-old-auto 1942 |