186
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WILLY POGÁNY.
The Frenzied Prince.
Eight pencil drawings for Padriac Colum,
The Frenzied Prince: Heroic Tales of
Ancient Ireland, Phila.: David McKay Co,
1943. Various sizes. Each initialed “W. P.”
Pogany and Colum worked on several
books of Irish folklore.
[800/1,200]
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JEAN POUGNY (IVAN PUNI).
Costume design.
Watercolor and wash on paper. 525x365
mm; 20
3
/
4
x14
1
/
2
inches (sheet). Scattered
moderate foxing, image largely unaffected,
number indication upper right. Signed
and dated, lower right. Paris, 1923.
[1,000/1,500]
Ivan Puni was a member of Kazmir Malevich’s
Supremas group who later emigrated to France
and adopted the name Jean Pougny. Ornate
costume design for an unidentified theatrical
production, executed in the year Puni/Pougny
permanently relocated to Paris.
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