Lot 126
  • 126

Alexander Nikolaevich Benois 1870-1960

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

  • Alexander Nikolaevich Benois
  • Stage design for La Traviata
  • signed Alecsander Benois and inscribed (lower right)
  • watercolor and ink over pencil
  • sight: 9 3/4 by 17 1/2 in.
  • 24.7 by 44.5 cm.

Provenance

Madame Tcherkassova, Paris (daughter of the artist)

Condition

All three slightly discolored, otherwise in good condition. Not inspected out of frames.
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Catalogue Note

Together with two costume designs for Raymonda, each signed and dated 1945, watercolor and ink on paper, 10 by 7 1/4 in.  (25.3 by 18.5 cm.). (3 works total)