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Alexander Nikolaevich Benois
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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Description
- Alexander Nikolaevich Benois
- Set Design for Petrushka
- signed in Latin l.r.
- watercolour, gouache and ink on artist's board
- 40.5 by 57.5cm, 16 by 22 1/2 in.
Provenance
The Collection of Akim Tamiroff
Sotheby's London, Russian Paintings, 30 November 2010, lot 176
Sotheby's London, Russian Paintings, 30 November 2010, lot 176
Catalogue Note
Akim Tamiroff (1899-1972) was born in Tiflis and studied under Stanislavsky at the Moscow Art Theatre. In 1923 he joined Nikita Balieff's Chauve souris theatre company on their American tour, remaining there after the tour came to an end with a view to making a career in Hollywood. It was during this period that Tamiroff encountered Russian emigré artists and began collecting Russian art.