Lot 102
  • 102

Alexander Nikolaevich Benois, 1870-1960

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description

  • Alexander Nikolaevich Benois
  • The Gardens at Versailles
  • signed in Latin l.l. and dated Versailles XII.1924

  • watercolour and pen and ink over pencil on paper
  • image size: 22.5 by 30cm., 8¾ by 11¾in.

Condition

The sheet is slightly discoloured and appears to have been mounted on canvas. There are a few very minor surface scratches and sellotape stains to the top left and right corners. The colours are a little faded. Held in a gold paionted wooden frame and under glass. Unexamined out of frame.
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