Fist Fight, 1940 Oil on Canvas by N.G. Sergejev, 1940
O/C 26.5 x 21.5 . Frame 32.5 x 27.75 .
Signature at LL.
Nicholas G. Sergejev (Russian, 1876 – 1951) was Russian dancer and choreographer from Mariinsky Theater St. Petersburg. Emigrated in 1918 with choreography for 21 ballets and was instrumental in re-creating Russian ballets such as La Fille mal gardee, Giselle, Coppélia, Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, and The Nutcracker. Worked in Riga Opera, then with Diaghilev, the Markova-Dolin, the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, the Metropolitan Opera Ballet, Sadler Wells Ballet and with the International Ballet. Signs of restoration, overpainting. New varnish and relining applied.
Nicholas G. Sergejev (Russian, 1876-1951)

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