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GEORGE POGEDAIEFF(1899-1971), 'A Chief and His Henchmen', gouache and charcoal on paper, 46 x 61 cm (18 x 24 in.) [sight], signed 'Georges A de Pogedaieff' lower left, PROVENANCE: Sotheby`s, May 26, 2004, lot 230. LOT NOTES: George A. de Pogedaieff was Russian theatre costume and stage designer and book illustrator. Some of his works include stage decorations for Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, National Theater in Bucharest, "Blue Bird" cabaret-theatre in Berlin and Vienna, costume and stage designs for ballet troupe of Anna Pavlova and many more. He also illustrated books by Gogol, Lermontov, Dostoyevsky and Chekhov. In 1953 Pogedaieff was awarded the National Order of the Legion of Honour.,