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Artist: Kalmakov Nicolay Konstantinovich
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About work
Year1910
CategoryGraphics
ProvenanceThe Collection of Carl Laszlo, BaselLITERATURE AND REFERENCESKalmakoff, L'Ange de l'Abime 1873-1955 et les peintres du Mir Iskousstva, Musée-galerie de la Seita, Paris, 1986, plate no.10 (illustrated)CATALOGUE NOTEKalmakov first came to the public's attention with his costume designs for Oscar Wilde's Salome at the Kommisarzhevsky Theatre in 1908. Later, from 1912 to 1916, he exhibited with the World of Art group, and his works from this period are strongly indebted to Leon Bakst, displaying a penchant for the colourful world of the Orient.She rides a Peacock from 1910 is a rare and wonderful example of Kalmakov's early oeuvre. The few surviving works from this period are all characterised by mysterious organic shapes and swirling patterns. She rides a Peacock is no exception, as Kalmakov sets the silhouette of a female figure in Egyptian costume kneeling on a stylized peacock against rhythmic, mesmerising patterns of colour.
Size, cm*69×98,5
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