ALEXANDRE BENOIS | SET DESIGN FOR A DECOR, POSSIBLY FOR DIANE DE POITIERS
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November 8, 05:59 PM GMT
Estimate
400 - 600 USD
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ALEXANDRE BENOIS
1870 - 1960
SET DESIGN FOR A DECOR, POSSIBLY FOR DIANE DE POITIERS
Dated 9.III.1934 (lower left); inscribed with a letter to the artist's son in Cyrillic (lower right)
Watercolor, pen and ink and pencil on paper
Unframed: 8½ x 9¾ in., 21.6 x 24.8 cm
Framed: 17¾ x 18¾ in., 45.1 x 47.6 cm
Executed on March 9, 1934.
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Sale: Sotheby's, New York, June 12, 1981, lot 48
Acquired at the above sale
The ballet Diane de Poitiers, with choreography by Fokine, music by Ibert and décor and costumes by Benois was produced by Ida Rubinstein at the Théâtre Nationale de l'Opéra, Paris, in 1934.