Portrait of a Russian emigre
Fine Arts
Inventory number
2021.11.9.4.FA.GR.1924.FRAuthor:
Yves DIEY (French, Paris 1892 - 1984 Montluçon)Description
Pastel drawing portrait of a young woman, Russian white emigre in Paris, probably a fashion mannequin, represented in a sarafan inspired dress with long and loose white sleeves, and burgundy bodice trimmed on the top with fur. A black hat in the shape of a stylized kokoshnik covers her blonde hair, fashionably cut in a short bob with bangs.Such type of headgowns was popular in the 1920s and created in Paris by Chapka brand, founded by a Russian emigrant, Princess Maria POUTIATINE (1901-1969), who also worked for the House of Chanel. The cloche hats created by this fashion house were hand embroidered by Russian craftswomen, usually in the shape of kokoshniks accompanied by tear shaped pendants, imitating earrings.
Maria Alekseevna POUTIATINE was born in 1901 in St. Petersburg into an aristocratic family of Prince Alexei Alexandrovich KUDASHEV and Her Serene Highness Princess Maria Konstantinovna (nee GORCHAKOVA), who emigrated with her daughters after the revolution in 1919. In Paris, she married Prince Alexandre Mikhailovich POUTIATINE.
Materials
Pastel on paperCardboard