Lot 562
  • 562

Alexander Nikolaevich Benois

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Alexander Nikolaevich Benois
  • The Trianon at Versailles; Chateau La Roberterie; Portrait of the Artist's Mother
  • all signed in Latin, titled and variously dated
  • watercolour over pencil on paper, one with pen and ink
  • image sizes: 18.25 by 24.75cm., 7 1/4 by 9 3/4 in.; 24 by 21.5cm., 9 1/2 by 8 1/2 in.; 23 by 30.5cm., 9 by 12in.

Condition

Trianon: The sheet is creased in the lower right hand corners with spots of staining to the sky and some light handling marks. Held in a painted wood frame and under glass. Unexamined out of frame. Roberterie: The sheet is a little undulated with some light handling marks and a pin hole l.r. Held in wood frame and under glass. Unexamined out of frame Artist's Mother: The sheet is discoloured with pinholes to the corners. Held in a painted wood frame and under glass. Unexamined out of frame.
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