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Lot 182A: Portrait of Felia Litvinne

Est: £8,000 GBP - £12,000 GBP
Christie'sLondon, United KingdomSeptember 12, 2007

Item Overview

Description

Jean Eritziane (Turkish, circa 1917)
Portrait of Felia Litvinne
signed and dated 'J. ERITZIANE 1917' (lower right)
pastel on board, oval
23 x 18½ in. (58.4 x 47 cm.)

Artist or Maker

Notes

Litvinne was born Françoise-Jeanne Schutz in St Petersberg in 1860. Her father was Russian, her mother French-Canadian and at the age of 15 she went to Paris to study, eventually taking lessons from the famed Pauline Viardot-Garcia. She made her debut in 1883 and sang in the major opera houses of Europe being mostly known as a Wagnerian. She retired from the Opera in 1917 and tutored Koshetz and Lubin amongst others.

Auction Details

Nineteenth Century European Art

by
Christie's
September 12, 2007, 12:00 PM EST

85 Old Brompton Road, London, LDN, SW7 3LD, UK