Russian Pictures
Russian Pictures
Property from a Private Collection, England
Alexander Nikolaevich Benois
Costume Designs for A Spaniard, A Spanish Lady and Herr Drosselmayer from The Nutcracker
Auction Closed
December 1, 03:47 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
Lot Details
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Property from a Private Collection, England
Alexander Nikolaevich Benois
1870 - 1960
Costume Designs for A Spaniard, A Spanish Lady and Herr Drosselmayer from The Nutcracker
each signed and dated 1938 l.l. and variously inscribed; each further signed and numbered on the reverse and bearing Arts Council exhibition labels on the backing boards
ink and watercolour over pencil on paper, two heightened with white and silver
Each sheet: 37.5 by 26cm, 14¾ by 10¼in.
Framed: 53 by 41cm, 21 by 16¼in.
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Sotheby's London, Ballet Designs from the Collection of Mr and Mrs John Carr Doughty, 4 June 1981, lots 225 and 226
Acquired at the above sale by the present owners
These three designs for The Nutcracker were in the collection of John Carr Doughty a British knitwear designer whose company was based in Leicester, the centre of the British woollen industry. Both a fashion designer and eccentric inventor of pioneering knitting machinery, Carr Doughty amassed one of the finest private collections of designs for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. The collection was taken on a much-lauded touring exhibition of the United Kingdom in 1967 by the Arts Council.