Anatoliy Ivanovitch DOLINOV (1869-1945), attributed to. Manuscript notebook of versified and parodic pieces on the life of Russian refugees in Paris. Paris, before 1940. In-8° format, 76 unnumbered leaves. Contains Les soeurs Bliadintsev , 3e partie de Départ , A la lumières des rayons du soleil , Félicie . The manuscript is unsigned, but the attribution is highly probable in view of the humorous intonation of the introduction signed Vieil Alexandrin , and the former actors of the Alexandrinsky Theater who worked with him, as well as actors from the Comédie française, are mentioned. Provenance: Archives of set designer Roman Petrovitch de Tirtoff (1892-1990), known as Erté.

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