Boris death scene by Georges Wakhevitch
Boris death scene by Georges Wakhévitch, gouache. Beautifully framed, signed and dated -48.
Costume design illustration for Boris Godunov opera set. Artist’s hand written notes can be seen at the bottom.
Georges Wakhévitch was a Ukrainian-born French art director. The son of a naval engineer, he immigrated to France in 1921. He grew up in Paris, where he studied painting. He was an assistant to film director Lazare Meerson in the 1920s.
Wakhévitch also designed sets and costumes for the theatre, the ballet, and the opera. His designs usually used vivid colours; sets designed for Covent Garden included Boris Godunov, Otello, Die Meistersinger and London's first ever staging of Verdi's Macbeth in 1960.
Artist: Georges Wakhévitch (1907-1984)
Medium: Gouache on paper, signed
Period: 1948
Dimensions: 48x28 cm
Framing: Framed in gold leaf frame, glass
Condition: Vintage condition, slight marks on the frame
Boris death scene by Georges Wakhévitch, gouache. Beautifully framed, signed and dated -48.
Costume design illustration for Boris Godunov opera set. Artist’s hand written notes can be seen at the bottom.
Georges Wakhévitch was a Ukrainian-born French art director. The son of a naval engineer, he immigrated to France in 1921. He grew up in Paris, where he studied painting. He was an assistant to film director Lazare Meerson in the 1920s.
Wakhévitch also designed sets and costumes for the theatre, the ballet, and the opera. His designs usually used vivid colours; sets designed for Covent Garden included Boris Godunov, Otello, Die Meistersinger and London's first ever staging of Verdi's Macbeth in 1960.
Artist: Georges Wakhévitch (1907-1984)
Medium: Gouache on paper, signed
Period: 1948
Dimensions: 48x28 cm
Framing: Framed in gold leaf frame, glass
Condition: Vintage condition, slight marks on the frame
Boris death scene by Georges Wakhévitch, gouache. Beautifully framed, signed and dated -48.
Costume design illustration for Boris Godunov opera set. Artist’s hand written notes can be seen at the bottom.
Georges Wakhévitch was a Ukrainian-born French art director. The son of a naval engineer, he immigrated to France in 1921. He grew up in Paris, where he studied painting. He was an assistant to film director Lazare Meerson in the 1920s.
Wakhévitch also designed sets and costumes for the theatre, the ballet, and the opera. His designs usually used vivid colours; sets designed for Covent Garden included Boris Godunov, Otello, Die Meistersinger and London's first ever staging of Verdi's Macbeth in 1960.
Artist: Georges Wakhévitch (1907-1984)
Medium: Gouache on paper, signed
Period: 1948
Dimensions: 48x28 cm
Framing: Framed in gold leaf frame, glass
Condition: Vintage condition, slight marks on the frame
