Constantin Alexeyevich KOROVIN (Moscow, 1861 - Paris, 1939) Set design for the opera "Le Coq d'Or" (1934) Gouache, watercolour and ink on card, signed lower right "Constant Korovine", dated and dated "Paris 1934" and titled "Le Coq d'Or". Framed. Sight size: 35.5 x 46 cm Size with frame: 48 x 59 cm Provenance - Grégoire HALEVY known as Grégoire RAISSOFF (18.. - Paris, 1973), opera tenor. - Then by descent. History Premiered in Moscow in 1909, Rimsky-Korsakov's three-act opera "The Golden Cockerel", based on a verse story by Pushkin, satire of Tsarist power disguised as an orientalist fairytale, it was censured by the Russian authorities. It was censored during the composer's lifetime. From the outset, the sets and costumes were entrusted to Constantin Korovine, the Imperial Theatre's main set designer at the time, who created a rich visual universe inspired by Russian motifs. Twenty-five years later, in 1934, Grégoire Raïssoff, the tenor who had played the role of the Astrologer in the first performances in performances in 1910, decided to recreate the opera in Paris, at his own expense. For this revival, faithful to the original spirit, he called on Korovine himself, now exiled in France, who took up and adapted his own 1909 models for this new production. production. Produced in the Paris workshops, the sets (more than 1,500 m² of painted canvas) and the two hundred costumes were exceptionally refined, including silks, brocades, most of which were painted at the end and applied with and applied with gold and silver powders. Some of the costumes were sold at a Paris auction in 1978 by Grégoire Raïssoff's daughter, but the sets presented in this sale are completely new. in this sale are completely new. They were all made by Korovine for this 1934 production, and have been preserved to this day in the descendants of Grégoire Raïssoff. Grégoire Raïssoff's descendants. This rediscovery sheds valuable light on Korovine's corpus This rediscovery sheds valuable light on Korovine's scenographic corpus, revealing a late and little-known facet of his work, a few years before his death, and testifying to his sincere commitment to opera and ballet right up to the end of his career. Expert: Maxime Charron - 06 5000 6551 - maxime-charron.com Lots can be collected by appointment from 17 September in Paris XVe (Métro : Pasteur)