Lot 827
  • 827

Alexander Nikolaevich Benois

Estimate
3,500 - 5,500 GBP
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Description

  • Alexander Nikolaevich Benois
  • A Group of 13 sketches including views of the Port of Cassis and Avenue Emile Zola
  • variously inscribed and dated
  • 7 pencil on paper, 1 pencil and sanguine on paper, 5 watercolour, ink and pencil on paper

  • largest: 50 by 34cm, 19 ½ by 13 ½ in.

Condition

Cassis: there is a tear approximately 3 cm in the top right hand corner and media staining along the bottom. The other sheets are discoloured and stained in places, with creases and handling marks. There are losses and tears to the edges. All unframed.
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Catalogue Note

This lot includes 7 studies of trees and 4 pencil sketches.