МОСКВА, УЛ. ЩЕПКИНА, Д. 28, Russia
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Boyarin.
Year: 1917-1918.
Size: 34,5х26.
Technique: Pencil, gouache, ink, gold paint on cardboard.
Descripton: Costume design for the production of "Le Coq d’Or" for the Metropolitan Opera (New York) in 1918.
Pogany Willie (1882 - 1955)
Hungarian graphic artist. Master of book illustration. Graduated from the Hungarian University of Fine Arts. In the 1900s he began illustrating books. Among his works are illustrations for such works as “Parzival or the Legend of the Holy Grail”, “Alice in Wonderland”, “Faust”, “Kalevala”, “Odysseus”, “The Golden Fleece”, “Gulliver’s Travels”, “Bible Stories”, “The Golden Cockerel”, “The Tale of the Fisherman and the Golden Fish”. Since 1914, he developed designs for theatrical scenery and costumes for productions at the Metropolitan Opera.
