Lot 389
  • 389

Nikolai Alexandrovich Benois

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

Description

  • Nikolai Alexandrovich Benois
  • two set designs for a production of sadko
  • both signed in Cyrillic and dated 1937 l.r., titled and inscribed La Scala 1937 in Cyrillic on the surround
  • pastel on paper
  • each 26 by 33cm., 10 1/4 by 13in.

Provenance

Sotheby's London, Ballet and Theatre Material, 4 March 1982, lot 58 and 59

Condition

The sheets have been cut unevenly and there is some wear to the corners. The paper is a little dirty with media staining and some glue residue in places. Both held in matching wooden frames and under glass. Unexamined out of frames.
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